"Why don't you go yourself, Shopkeeper Zhou?"
Li Yunjing swept it with his divine sense, only to discover that he could not see through the box. Wariness immediately stirred within him.
"Ah..."
Zhou Dehai gave a bitter smile. "The Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion has been targeted lately. Someone watches my every move. But you're newly arrived, Steward Li..."
"Really?"
Li Yunjing raised an eyebrow and asked, "I heard Sinking Star Island was a trading island with excellent security!"
"Ah, don't even mention it!"
The smile on Zhou Dehai's face grew even more bitter. Lowering his voice, he explained, "It's all because of the war with the East Sea Alliance. The Heavenly Net Dao Sect withdrew half the island's garrison and sent them to the front!"
"Another portion was recalled to Tianluo Island."
"Other places need manpower too, so the remaining cultivators are constantly being redeployed. For some reason, they've been stationed in the waters around nearby Bone Burial Island."
Li Yunjing's eyes lit up when Zhou Dehai reached this point.
He had come precisely to find an opportunity to inspect the area around Bone Burial Island and discover what the Heavenly Net Dao Sect was playing at.
Just as Li Yunjing was about to inquire further, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside.
A shop assistant rushed in, panicked. "Shopkeeper! People from the Justice Alliance are causing trouble in the front hall, saying we sell counterfeit goods!"
Zhou Dehai's expression changed abruptly. He hastily thrust the jade box into Li Yunjing's hands. "This item is of great importance. Please make sure..."
Bang!
Someone kicked open the inner hall's doors, and three white-robed cultivators stormed inside menacingly.
The leader's cold gaze lingered briefly on the jade box in Li Yunjing's hands. He sneered. "Shopkeeper Zhou, is this what you meant by 'out of