Daoist Chu was startled to hear Gongsun Min say this. He immediately looked in the direction indicated, but saw nothing there. Yet he sensed a trace of qi receding into the distance. It was exceedingly elusive; had Gongsun Min not pointed it out, he would never have detected it.
The other party was clearly a cultivator. At present, aside from true cultivators like themselves from the Mystic Profound Realm, the only people within Solitary Province were the profound cultivators.
Thinking that he might have been watched all this time, his expression darkened slightly.
He looked at Gongsun Min again. He did not know whether this man had discovered it long ago and had merely deliberately refrained from revealing it.
Seeing him look over, Gongsun Min smiled and said, "I imagine, fellow cultivator, that you can guess who they are. Since they have set their sights on you, they must have long harbored suspicions toward you. Now that they have seen you and me discussing matters here, they may well entertain further conjectures."
Daoist Chu said calmly, "So what? When I met with fellow cultivator, everything we said was transmitted through magic power. He could not have overheard anything. Surely they cannot accuse me merely because I associated with an outsider?"
Gongsun Min smiled. "But if your fellow disciples learn of this matter, what will they think?"
Daoist Chu frowned. This was indeed a problem. Leaving aside the profound cultivators, his fellow disciples knew his true background. If they learned that he had been in contact with outsiders, they would certainly become suspicious of him and then connect it to other matters.
But suspicion was only suspicion. Without conclusive evidence, the profound cultivators could not casually speak of it. Yet if he became Gongsun Min's blade, he would forever be bound