"Lady Cao, y-you... why are you here...?"
Bai Qian pinched his voice thin as he spoke carefully.
Lady Cao naturally paid him no mind, merely looking toward Su Che.
"Little Bai, they all say you have an eye for judging people. Seeing it today, that truly isn't wrong."
Su Che gave a slight nod.
This Lady Cao should have been the head of this Cui Household establishment. It had to be said that the Cui Household did have some capital. Judging by her aura, the Lady Cao before him was a genuine Divine Communion cultivator.
Such cultivation was already quite impressive in Great Liang's martial world. Bai Qian had been right: if Lady Cao wished to draw a monthly salary from the Night Pacification Bureau, she was more than qualified.
"Sir, shall we change tables and play something else?"
Lady Cao smiled faintly.
"But... I only know how to play big or small."
"Then let's play Sic Bo. You look unfamiliar, sir. Have you only just arrived in Jiankang City?"
"I had been cultivating in the Eastern Sea before, though my ancestors truly were from the Central Land."
"So you are a friend from overseas."
As she spoke, Lady Cao shot Bai Qian beside her a cutting glance.
The brokers in this establishment truly needed to be disciplined. They dared bring just anyone in—could a cultivator so clearly from the Eastern Sea simply be led into their Household?
She had merely glanced at him, yet Bai Qian, an ordinary man without a shred of cultivation, found both legs trembling and sweat pouring down like rain. That one look left his limbs weak and numb.
"Please follow me."
"Alright."
Su Che agreed, but reached out and seized Bai Qian by the wrist.
"Brother Bai, let us follow this lady."
Bai Qian