After Cheng Yu finished answering Liang Fei's questions, Liang Fei courteously escorted him out of the Azure Sky City Demon Suppression Bureau.
At the entrance, Cheng Yu declined Liang Fei's polite offer to take him farther.
He released Niu Ba right in front of Liang Fei.
The more he concealed certain things, the more suspicious they would look. He might as well reveal them openly. Besides, he had ridden Niu Ba into the city. If Liang Fei wanted to investigate him, it would be ridiculously easy.
Cheng Yu even suspected that Liang Fei might soon investigate the origin of his Identity Token, trace it straight back to the county town, and uncover every last detail about him and Ji Han.
Although this world had an ancient setting, it was also a Mythic Great World. If a somewhat powerful being wanted to investigate something, they could do it faster than even a fully digitized society.
The more he hid, the less confident he would seem. He might as well lay everything out in the open. The less concerned he appeared, the less they would suspect him, and the less readily they would make a move against him.
Cheng Yu was no novice anymore. He had seen plenty of these games and played quite a few himself. He understood all the twists and turns involved.
As Liang Fei watched Cheng Yu ride Niu Ba leisurely toward the inn, things played out exactly as Cheng Yu had guessed: Liang Fei grew even more wary. Leaving everything else aside, did an expert who was at least at the Cavern Mystery realm (Legendary), someone who could do as he pleased in Azure Sky City, really need to lie to him?
Along the way, aside from a few children giving him curious looks, hardly anyone paid