That night, at the Star Emperor Hotel.
Lately, Huo Yuhao had been coming to Lu Yi's room every night at this hour for special training in spiritual power.
As usual, someone knocked on the door. Lu Yi remained seated on the sofa. He merely pointed at the door and silently recited the spell.
Alohomora!
With a click, the lock opened, and the door was pulled ajar.
But the person who stepped inside was not Huo Yuhao.
"Ahem." Lu Yi was a little surprised. "Ning Tian, is something wrong?"
Ning Tian said nothing. She turned to close the door, then walked with hurried steps to the sofa opposite Lu Yi and sat down.
Her expression was troubled, even panicked. She looked as though she wanted to speak but could not bring herself to.
Lu Yi grew suspicious, but he could not use mind-reading at a time like this.
Suppressing his guesses, he asked, "What happened?"
Ning Tian seemed to struggle with herself before finally meeting his eyes.
"Lu Yi!"
"Yes?"
"At the auction house, you specifically warned me not to bid on the Soul Beast embryo." Ning Tian paused. "Did you... know something?"
Lu Yi relaxed and smiled.
"To be honest, someone followed me the last time I came here. You know better than I do what places like auction houses are like. And with all sorts of people mixed together in Star Luo City right now, no one can be sure they won't catch the eye of someone with bad intentions."
Lu Yi spoke at length, then added, "Didn't Teacher Wang remind you to wear your mask too?"
But rather than dispel Ning Tian's doubts, his words made her realize he was skirting the heart of the matter.
She kept recalling how certain he had sounded when he warned her