At ten that night, Chen Miao and his two companions checked into the best hotel in Shiyang County, which Xie Songde's secretary had found.
Although it was supposedly the best, Xie Songde still looked somewhat dissatisfied.
Perhaps because Chen Miao said nothing, he kept quiet too and checked in with them.
The four of them each took a room, all next to one another.
The first thing Chen Miao did after returning to his room was roll up his left sleeve.
His arm was completely bare, but earlier, when he entered the Administration, the spot where his Yin Mark lay had begun heating up. Along with the heat, all sorts of chaotic thoughts and emotions had surged through him.
If he hadn't maintained the iceheart state and switched to his heavenly spirit yin aperture the entire way, he might already have shown signs of something wrong at the Administration.
Even so, the back of the shirt beneath his outer clothes was soaked.
So Old Ghost really wasn't lying back then. Without the iceheart state and heavenly spirit yin aperture, the people at the Administration might have noticed something wrong with me.
Good thing Qi Ning came through. Otherwise, with Ye Shuhan's attitude, he might have left me waiting all night. Who knows what would have happened to the Yin Mark?
Still, at least this trip gave me a clearer idea of how the Yin Mark actually reacts inside the Administration. I can hold out for an hour, at least.
Lowering his sleeve, Chen Miao took out the book and checked it. Everything was normal, so he put the matter out of his mind.
Over the next few days, I'll pick out some more scorpions and have Old Yang ship them back to Tianmen County for me.
With that thought, Chen