Inside the tea house's private room, Shangguan Rong's eyelids began to twitch wildly upon hearing Su Shi'er's words.
She hurriedly asked, "Hm? This exclusive heart armor was passed on by you on someone else's behalf? Is what Fellow Daoist Han said true?"
Su Shi'er nodded with certainty. "Of course!"
Shangguan Rong quickly pressed on. "Then this heart armor... whose handiwork was it?"
Su Shi'er shook his head with a bitter smile. "As for that... Han does not know the other party's origins."
Before he could finish, Shangguan Rong interrupted him.
"It does not matter if you do not know their origins. Fellow Daoist Han should at least know what that person looked like and what distinguishing traits they had, yes?"
Su Shi'er nodded. "Han does know what they looked like. However, what Han saw at the time was only a Remnant Consciousness. Whether it resembled the person's true appearance, Han cannot say for certain."
A Remnant Consciousness? Could it really be...
As thoughts churned in her mind, Shangguan Rong hurriedly waved her hand. "No matter! I must trouble Fellow Daoist Han to draw that person's appearance for us."
"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Han. I merely wish to determine how our sect's heart armor came to be passed around. No matter who that person is, so long as they are not an utterly vile criminal, Xuan Nu Tower will never deliberately target them."
Halfway through speaking, she immediately added that explanation.
At this moment, Shangguan Rong appeared calm and composed.
Yet in truth, she was desperate to learn the identity and background of the person Su Shi'er had mentioned. She feared Su Shi'er might harbor reservations and refuse to reveal further information.
That was why she had added those words just now.
Paying no heed to Shangguan Rong's explanation, Su Shi'er