"You fell for a fool, Lu Shuang. I never expected you to be this kind of person. Looks like I misjudged you all along."
"You're hunting down a fool? You really have nothing better to do."
The two spoke at the same time.
Their words dripped with sarcasm, neither showing the slightest mercy.
"You know better than anyone what that fool has on him."
"Move aside now, and I won't make trouble for you."
"A treasure belongs to the capable."
Neither was willing to yield.
Listening to their exchange, Ye Lin lowered his head and looked at the fat man below.
Ye Lin closed his eyes.
Origin Eye Technique, activate.
Ye Lin opened his eyes once more and looked over.
In the next instant, the fat man had nowhere to hide beneath Ye Lin's gaze. Every secret he possessed was laid bare before Ye Lin's eyes.
"A jade pendant?"
Ye Lin discovered a jade pendant inside the fat man's body.
That was right—not hanging around his neck, but inside his body, floating near his dantian.
The jade pendant emitted a trace of boundless, ancient, eternal aura.
Judging from its aura alone, one could tell that the jade pendant's origins were anything but ordinary.
"Fellow Daoist, would you mind one more person?"
"I don't mind."
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist."
At that moment, a middle-aged man quietly appeared.
He first smiled at Ye Lin, then casually took out a chair and sat down beside him.
"Fellow Daoist, how about sharing a drink with me?"
"Drink."
"Thank you."
The middle-aged man did not stand on ceremony. He picked up the wine jar and began guzzling from it.
"Fine wine."
"My name is Wei Sinan. May I ask how to address Fellow Daoist?"
"Ye Lin."
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing those two words, Wei Sinan's expression