Wen Xu thought to himself, I do remember, but I don't remember us being on such familiar terms. Still, they had already come knocking, so there was little point in refusing them now. "Bring them in."
"Really let them in? What if those two people from last night were sent by him?" Bian Chunchou had heard Wen Xu-Xu's analysis. The so-called Wei Household was highly unlikely to be the force behind the scenes, but that eyeless person had fled faster than a hare, and now everyone looked suspicious to him.
"Then all the better. We can ask him face-to-face."
"Ask what? Fellow Daoist Wen was actually injured? What sort of petty scoundrel dared to be so brazen!" The shopkeeper had changed into a peach-red and willow-green Dharma robe today. It was a color scheme that tested one's looks, yet on him, it was unexpectedly harmonious. "The moment I opened for business today, I heard the rumors spreading through the city. I immediately brought spiritual food to visit the three of you. Where is that saber-wielding fellow Daoist? Is he not here?"
"Huh?" He had brought spiritual food to their door? "Who exactly are you? You keep trying to befriend us—what are you really after?"
"Have I never introduced myself? Then that was my mistake." The shopkeeper had someone lay the spiritual food he had brought across the table. It was a dazzling spread, its fragrance overflowing everywhere. "My name is Chun Wangshui. I come from Awakening Sea."
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Awakening Sea? What a coincidence.
They had only just learned that the Hidden Cloud Incense at the Wei Household Immortal Shrine might be problematic, and someone from Awakening Sea had immediately appeared in Baigu City, inexplicably seeking them out. Even Bian Chunchou, whose eyes had been dazzled by the table full of