Chen Shu was about to reply when a knock sounded at the door.
Knock, knock!
"Who is it?"
Chen Shu turned toward the door.
No answer came.
Something was wrong.
His eyes flickered as several thoughts flashed through his mind—
What the Moonlit Heroine's online exploits suggested about how she operated;
His earlier guess about her identity;
The protection his girlfriend from the Esoteric Sect had promised;
Together, those thoughts convinced him to open the door and take a look. He got out of bed, asked "Who is it?" again, and went to the door.
Click!
The door opened.
There was no one outside.
Only a broken Camera lay on the floor.
"..."
Chen Shu fell silent. He picked up the Camera and glanced toward the end of the corridor. There had been a Camera there, but its light was no longer blinking.
Was this her way of saying hello?
Or a warning not to reveal what he knew about her?
And how had she found him?
Chen Shu returned to his room and silently Thought.
His cultivation was low, but he had a vast store of knowledge. The Spirit Sect was the root of all arts: no matter the cultivation system, if a method used Spirit Power and Runes, the Spirit Sect was its ancestor.
But some methods did not use Runes.
Qingqing's "guessing," the Daoist Order's ability to glimpse events that had already happened, and the spiritual senses of Martial Cultivation and Sword Cultivation had nothing to do with Runes. Some did not even require Spirit Power.
Those were beyond him.
But could spiritual senses detect that a cold, unfeeling Camera was watching her? It was possible, though she would have to be high-level at least.
Unless she knew Zhao Haojiang's car accident had been deliberate, knew someone