With this unexpected development, Shi Chun thought it over and sent a message to confirm: Will you keep your word?
A sneer of disdain curled the Red-Clad Woman's lips. As though teasing a dog, she casually replied: Fair dealing for young and old alike. I never go back on my word.
Shi Chun immediately perked up. He figured she was certain he couldn't bring the man over so quickly. With an advantage like this ripe for the taking, he would be a fool not to take it. He promptly replied with swagger: It's a deal!
After ending the exchange, he immediately went to find Dong Liangyu, who was carrying a stack of books between the shelves and returning them one by one.
He volunteered to help, taking the books from Dong Liangyu's arms and following at her heels to do the heavy lifting. Of course, he also had something to say: he hoped she wouldn't tell her family he was here just yet.
What would Dong Liangyu tell her family? She hadn't said a word the last time Shi Chun hid here, either.
In the main hall, the Red-Clad Woman stepped out from behind the counter and returned to her room first. She closed the door, faced a particular direction, and transmitted her voice over the distance. "The target should leave the Gathering Grotto Continent during the first half of tonight. Investigate any unusual activity around the Xun Gate to the very bottom."
She had always wondered how the target had entered the Divine Mountain's grand formation. Could there be some other trick to passing through the Xun Gate? Given how strictly passage through the Gathering Grotto Continent's Xun Gate was now controlled, she didn't believe anyone could slip through.
She wanted to see what other tricks the target could