A beetle?
Yu Ci had not even seen it clearly himself. He followed the voice, spotting the person who had called out so anxiously.
The man was not tall, but he was heavily muscled—a short, stocky fellow. His forehead was half-bald, as if scorched by something corrosive, leaving the skin dry and scabby, quite unsightly.
Before and after shouting, he had looked quite anxious throughout, while a companion by his side violently yanked on his sleeve, clearly fretting over his lack of composure—wasn't this simply begging to be taken advantage of?
Yu Ci had no interest in playing the executioner who butchers people. After sweeping a glance over them, he shifted his gaze back to the ghost cultivator.
"Take this ore back. If you run into that Daoist You, tell her what I just did and ask her to accept the ore. If she also came for what's inside the ore, let her come find me; I won't be leaving anytime soon."
Pausing briefly, Yu Ci saw through the Zhaoshen Map that You Rui had actually left Baichuan Market and headed deeper inside, her path completely unobstructed. Knowing that today was not even the day Wuchen Market opened, it seemed she had deep ties with Three Families Market. That being the case, it would be rather difficult for the ghost cultivator to find her.
After thinking it over, Yu Ci changed his mind. After handing the ore back to the ghost cultivator, he retrieved a blank jade slip, recorded a message on it, and handed that to the ghost cultivator as well. "Take these two things, find a market steward, and have him give them to that Daoist You. After that, your part is done."
The ghost cultivator naturally bowed in assent, though it did not really understand much of