Yin Qingxue folded his arms across his chest. "Very simple. I want you to help me find someone."
"Find someone? Fellow Daoist Yin, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding. I haven't been in the Sacred Spirit Cult any longer than you have."
"I usually focus on alchemy, and I've had even fewer chances to get acquainted with anyone."
"If you want to find someone, there are plenty of well-informed people in the Sacred Spirit Cult."
Su Shi'er looked at him with a half-smile. Though he said this aloud, he had already formed a faint guess in his heart.
Yin Qingxue continued, "Fellow Daoist Su, you are a smart man. Why pretend to be muddleheaded? That person... is not from the Sacred Spirit Cult."
"Oh? Someone within the Sacred Spirit Cult, yet not a member of the Sacred Spirit Cult? Whoever it is, this has nothing to do with me. It seems Su has no obligation to help."
Su Shi'er raised a brow. Without asking further, he merely shrugged, making his attitude and stance clear.
Yin Qingxue narrowed his eyes. "Are you not afraid that I'll reveal your true identity?"
Though his words sounded like a threat, there was not the slightest hint of menace in his tone.
"The matter of the Nine Revolutions Pill turned out to be a scam that had been circulating for who knew how many years. Once this matter is over, Su will have nothing left to do in the Sacred Spirit Cult. Whether Fellow Daoist Yin tells others or not, what difference does it make? At worst, I'll simply leave this place."
Su Shi'er smiled and shook his head.
"What fine words—nothing left to do, so you'll simply leave! Can Fellow Daoist Su truly bear to do so?" Yin Qingxue's eyes gleamed as he countered,