"Thinking about it isn't a crime. Besides, the timing of the Bright Moon Secret Realm's opening feels awfully convenient. I've got a bad feeling about it." In fact, that feeling had only grown stronger since Bian Chunchou entered Pingshui City. A cultivator's premonitions rarely came from nowhere. Honestly, if he hadn't wanted to learn about his cheap old man's past, he would have carried his two friends out of Pingshui City overnight.
"I feel the same," Wen Xu agreed. "But I've never met the head of the Shu Household, so I can't judge what her reasons might be..."
"What?"
Wen Xu glanced at Chen Zui. Seeing him staring back with wide eyes, Wen Xu thought for a moment and spoke plainly. "When Shu Jinze came to apologize, I asked him about Yangming Manor. He said he knew nothing about it, but promised to help us find it. And now?"
"He hasn't found anything either?"
Wen Xu shook his head. "Seventh Young Master Shu has a flamboyant personality, much like his taste for colorful clothes. He clearly isn't someone who likes handling things himself. Yet these past few days, there's been no word at all of the Shu Household searching for Yangming Manor. Given how he conducts himself, even if he didn't make sure everyone knew, things shouldn't be this quiet."
"You make a good point. So... he promised us one thing and did another?"
"We'll ask him when we see him."
So when Shu Jinze came the next day, Bian Chunchou threw an arm around his shoulders and asked whether he had any leads on Yangming Manor. Seventh Young Master Shu felt terribly guilty. The head of his household had forbidden him from using its resources to search, so he could only quietly hire people on his own. Unfortunately, they