I had kept the jade slip on me for a long time precisely to guard against a situation like this.
The moment I reached for the jade slip, her gaze had already locked onto me.
The qi around me was clearly stronger than that of everyone else.
Seeing me reach into my clothes, the fat woman in red spoke at once.
"Was this the kid who killed you?"
As she spoke, a powerful aura surged toward us.
It came in waves, one after another.
Li Feihu beside me could not withstand it at all. He clutched his chest and struggled to catch his breath.
This aura was exceptionally powerful, nearly reaching the mid-to-late stages of the Vitality Soul Realm.
Though it posed little threat to me, this was only a true soul.
Her main body was probably incredibly powerful...
Long Yifa, kneeling on the ground, immediately nodded.
"That's right, that's right, it was him. Lady Red, you have to uphold justice for me! You have to!"
After saying that, he kept kowtowing.
At the same time, my hand found the jade slip, and I pulled it straight from my clothes.
The instant the jade slip appeared, its originally flawless white surface had turned bright red, blood-red.
As though it had been soaked in blood...
Sure enough, it had changed color.
That proved my guess had been correct.
This fat woman was the Red Protector...
Nanyang had once left behind traces of her, yet the Secret Bureau had still failed to find her through those clues.
So this was what she looked like.
The moment I took out the jade slip, Hong Xiangyun, standing opposite me, suddenly froze.
Her aura also withdrew slightly. She looked me over from head to toe and instinctively asked,
"Are you... a messenger?"
A messenger? What