"Lingyun Pavilion? Why are they following us?" Ye Yu frowned.
At Liu Qi's words, he glanced at Xu Yan, who was lost in a daze, and fell silent for a long while.
"Leave her alone. Just say whatever you have to say." Ye Yu waved a hand.
"Well, Lingyun Pavilion isn't following us. They're following her—or rather, they're after something belonging to the Xu Family." Liu Qi said.
Ye Yu was taken aback. Could the Xu Family's affairs be connected to Lingyun Pavilion?
"Is there anything else?" Ye Yu asked.
"And this." With that, Liu Qi took out a sound-transmission jade talisman and handed it to Ye Yu.
Ye Yu accepted it without hesitation, immediately pouring spiritual power into it to establish contact.
"You damned pit-digger, how did you end up tangled with the Xu Family? I advise you not to." Teng Ying's voice sounded from within the jade talisman.
"Is there some problem? Or was what happened to the Xu Family your doing?" Ye Yu asked.
"Bullshit! Lingyun Pavilion does business. We don't do things like murder and plunder... well... at least, we wouldn't do them so openly." Teng Ying said, somewhat exasperated.
"Then why are you paying so much attention to the Xu Family?" Ye Yu was puzzled.
The other end of the jade talisman remained silent for a long time, as though she were weighing her words.
Only after quite a while did Teng Ying's voice ring out again. "Forget it. If you investigate, you'll find out sooner or later. I might as well tell you outright—we've been investigating the extermination of the Xu Family."
"And it isn't just us. Many other factions are looking into it as well. Otherwise, do you think those Xu siblings could have lived until now?"
Ye Yu curled his lip. "Don't