Outside Shannan City, Zhong Cai and Xiao Bai were walking toward Jiangya County.
On the way, Xiao Bai voiced his confusion.
"Master, why did you attack them?"
Zhong Cai ruffled Xiao Bai's hair.
"To draw in more Investigators from the Administration, of course. Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough of them to deal with those Curse Cult members tailing us."
Xiao Bai nodded.
"But if you do that, Master, the Administration will mark you as dangerous too."
"That's all right. We probably won't visit any areas the Administration watches closely from now on. If we're exposed, so be it. With you by my side, anywhere is the same to me."
A smile spread across Xiao Bai's face.
"Same here!"
"Haha."
Zhong Cai laughed, then stopped walking.
Watching the figures racing toward them from over a hundred meters behind, Zhong Cai said to Xiao Bai, "They're here. Time to bring those tails out into the open."
Xiao Bai nodded and turned to look off to one side.
Understanding his meaning, Zhong Cai lifted Xiao Bai onto his shoulders.
Boom!
A great cloud of dust exploded where they had stood. Zhong Cai shot forward like a cannonball, covering several hundred meters before slamming into the ground.
The three trackers from the Curse Cult's Curse Dao Lineage at his landing point realized they had been exposed and stopped hiding.
"Greetings, Star Lord of Ascending Life!"
The three bowed to the pair emerging from the dust.
Anyone watching would have thought they were bowing to Zhong Cai. Only someone close enough would have heard that the reply came not from Zhong Cai, but from Xiao Bai on his shoulders.
"The Administration has picked up my trail. Go stop them."
As soon as Xiao Bai spoke, an Eerie Young Man with a wicked smirk said with