Yi Yang looked at him, a glimmer flashing in his eyes.
He knew the Chief Inspector had certainly not stopped him merely to chat about the case.
"My lord, did you stop me because you have orders for me?"
Lu Quanan turned around. Moonlight streamed in from behind him, leaving his face in shadow. Only his eyes, so dark brown they were almost black, remained visible.
"There is indeed something I want you to help me do."
Lu Quanan answered directly, without concealing a thing.
"But with your current strength, you aren't capable of doing it yet."
"And the time hasn't come."
Yi Yang froze.
This Chief Inspector, whose unfathomable strength allowed him to slap a Profound Connection Realm cultivator of the evil path to death with ease, actually needed his help?
And he said Yi Yang wasn't strong enough yet?
For a while, Yi Yang couldn't wrap his head around it.
Just how strong was Lu Quanan?
He had watched the entire fight against Yin Xi today. With physical strength alone, Lu Quanan had easily subdued a Profound Connection Realm expert.
From beginning to end, the Chief Inspector could hardly be said to have exerted his full strength.
An expert of that caliber actually needed him to do something?
And said "the time hasn't come"?
Several possibilities tumbled through Yi Yang's mind.
Seeing Yi Yang standing there with undisguised astonishment and speculation written all over his aging face, Lu Quanan's lips seemed to twitch.
"Stop guessing wildly."
He waved a hand, cutting off Yi Yang's wandering thoughts.
"When the time comes, I'll tell you."
Yi Yang swallowed the words on his tongue and nodded.
That was what dealing with people like this was like. If they didn't want to say something, you couldn't pry it out of them.
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