"Lord Liu..."
The young attendant from the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower appeared behind Liu Chengfeng like a ghost.
He lowered his voice. "I just questioned the innkeeper. He said a male member of the Demon Race at the upper stages of the Void Refinement Realm stayed here, and Ning Jin entered his room. The room is empty now."
"The upper stages of the Void Refinement Realm!"
Liu Chengfeng muttered to himself, his face filled with frustrated anger.
He clenched his fists, veins bulging on the backs of his hands.
That Vermilion Bird Guard surnamed Ning was actually colluding with the Demon Race! He had won the void crystal marrow at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower's auction, then immediately handed it over to that Demon Race man.
This completely confirmed his earlier suspicions.
"Lord Liu, this is a portrait of that Demon Race man."
The attendant handed him a jade slip containing a portrait the innkeeper had conjured with his magical power.
He had always been meticulous in his work and knew what Liu Chengfeng needed.
Liu Chengfeng swept his spiritual sense through the jade slip, committing that face firmly to memory.
It was a middle-aged man with sharply defined features and dark skin. His dark red eyes were particularly striking.
He did not recognize the man.
"You may go back now." Liu Chengfeng waved a hand.
The attendant bowed, then turned and disappeared.
Holding the jade slip, Liu Chengfeng stood at the inn's entrance and pondered for a moment. Then he turned and used his teleportation divine ability to return to the Liu Family.
He had to ask his father for help.
The Liu Family estate stood in the East District of Azure Billow Royal City, occupying an enormous stretch of land. Pavilions and towers lined its grounds like scales