Collecting Interest, Shen Miaoyin Entrusts Someone with a Message

Tang Zhuying narrowed her eyes, raised a brow, and silently analyzed Su Shi'er's words.

Then she said, "Oh? Special? Since Martial Brother has studied the Formation Dao, I imagine you have made further discoveries!"

Without so much as a blush or a skipped heartbeat, Su Shi'er began spinning a tale. "That unique method of setting up formations—I have only seen it in one place over the years."

Tang Zhuying hurriedly asked, "Where?!"

Su Shi'er said calmly, "Qingfeng Mountain, the Phantom Star Sect's outer sect!"

"Qingfeng Mountain?!" In an instant, Tang Zhuying's gaze turned sharp, her eyes blazing like torches as though she meant to see straight through Su Shi'er.

But Su Shi'er was an old hand himself. No matter how she scrutinized him, she naturally found nothing.

"Qingfeng Mountain is where Martial Brother Cheng Jingfeng's cave abode is located. This is no matter for jest. Martial Brother, are you... certain?"

Su Shi'er replied without changing expression, "I would not dare claim complete certainty, but I am at least sixty to seventy percent sure. It would not be difficult to verify this."

"All we need do is find a time around noon, go to the southeastern corner of Qingfeng Mountain, and look toward the northwest. If a wisp of sinister Evil Qi can be seen, then the matter will be beyond doubt."

"After all, ordinary cultivators would never use Evil Qi when laying formations. Much less methods identical to those of the evil formation beneath Wuliu Plain!"

Tang Zhuying studied Su Shi'er, caution and vigilance flickering in her eyes along with a trace of confusion. "At noon? I do not understand formations, but that should be when Yang Qi is at its strongest. Even if there were Evil Qi... it should be impossible to see it, shouldn't it?"

Su Shi'er grinned.