When Grey Master solemnly spoke those final words,
my expression changed in an instant.
Snake Mother had made White Mist Mountain uneasy and even threatened an important figure within the Secret Bureau?
Then Snake Mother's origins might be far more complicated than they seemed.
The clues Gray Fourth Lady and the others had obtained were nowhere near that simple. It wasn't as simple as devouring Snake Mother to gain some amount of cultivation.
There was more to this.
Thinking of that, I took a deep breath, sensing that this involved secrets unknown to most.
I wanted to ask, but Grey Master had made himself clear.
He couldn't tell me much more. He had only said this much because I had sought him out alone and told him about it.
So I asked Grey Master,
"Grey Master, what do you plan to do next?"
Grey Master took a deep breath.
"Since they've noticed Snake Mother is in Mountain City, I can only send Snake Mother out of Mountain City first. I'll stay in Mountain City alone. Only then will it avoid arousing too much suspicion."
I nodded. It wasn't a bad plan.
But I didn't ask exactly how he intended to do it.
Besides, I wasn't all that concerned about Snake Mother or White Mist Mountain right now.
What I wanted was to settle the matter Master had assigned me within the next seven days.
I only asked one final question.
"Grey Master, we found a love letter at Gray Fourth Lady's place before.
"It was mailed from Qiqihar City in the northeast and signed Gray Nine Heavens..."
As Grey Master drove, he replied,
"I know him! A great demon of the Gray Family in the northeastern region, beneath White Mist Mountain.
"He has over five hundred years of cultivation and