Two days later.
Flap, flap—
The sound of wings beating came from overhead.
Jiang Ning looked up and immediately saw a white bird rapidly flapping its wings as it flew toward him.
He raised his hand, and the white bird in the air swiftly descended before landing on his arm.
Then, he opened the message tube tied to the bird's leg and took out a strip of white paper.
The writing on the paper was as tiny as crawling ants.
With a single glance, Jiang Ning had read it all.
"He Jinsheng hasn't gone to the Inspection Office these past few days, and no one knows where he is. That's rather strange!"
Jiang Ning muttered, crushing the note in his hand and tossing it into the snow.
He had originally thought that once He Jinsheng arrived in Luoshui County, he would inevitably come into conflict with him.
After all, he had long since clashed with He Jinyun. It would have been perfectly normal for He Jinsheng to use that as a pretext to come looking for trouble.
Jiang Ning was not afraid of such a situation.
If he were truly pushed too far, so long as He Jinsheng remained at the peak of the sixth rank, Jiang Ning could find an opportunity to kill him someday.
With his current archery, even from several thousand meters away, the wonders of Heart-Guided Archery would allow him to strike He Jinsheng with a single arrow.
With the formidable archery of Wind-Thunder Coalescence, so long as He Jinsheng had not prepared in advance, killing him with one arrow was not impossible.
As for what came afterward, he could only take one step at a time.
Yet three days had now passed, and He Jinsheng had not come looking for him.
That was somewhat beyond