Seeing that the other man had left him nothing to seize on, Qiu Ben asked no further questions. He did not know whether the claim was true, but since there was a way to verify it, he certainly could not sit by and do nothing.
And he had to act quickly. If Shi Chun and the others really had come for some rat demon, his side had to find that demon's whereabouts as soon as possible.
He hurried back inside to send an urgent message up the chain, asking the Extreme Fire Sect to arrange an investigation in Dazhi City immediately.
Po Yuan returned to the pavilion to continue drinking his tea, unaware of the trouble his warning would bring upon him.
Toward evening, Lou Xiu, the Inner Court Supervisor of Distant Mountain City, was suddenly summoned to Divine Mountain, where he met Order Master Huang Ye at the Central Hub on Northern Mountain.
He had no idea why Huang Ye had summoned him so urgently and paid his respects with questions in his mind.
But Huang Ye immediately demanded, "You never saw Shi Chun when you were in Dazhi City?"
Lou Xiu was taken aback, unsure what had prompted the question. "No. My lord, do you mean he's been to Dazhi City?"
Huang Ye asked another question. "Morning Moon Hall. Do you know the situation at that book hall?"
Lou Xiu grew even more puzzled. "I suppose I know it fairly well. A family of five, the wife died young..."
Huang Ye cut him off. "There's an errand boy at the book hall named Wang Ping. You've never heard of him?"
"Wang Ping..." Lou Xiu suddenly choked on his words. He did not know whether this Wang Ping was the same Wang Ping. More importantly, with so many people