Since Feng Qi had brought the matter up himself, he must have had a reason. Su Jiu felt that what he wanted to convey could not possibly end there.
"Has the Enforcement Hall discovered why the Vast Righteousness Sect wants the Heavenly Demon-Subduing Pestle?"
Feng Qi shook his head. "No, but our esteemed Hall Master Xia clearly already has an idea."
Su Jiu paused. Should I say that's just what I'd expect of Senior Brother?
"Does the Ghost Market know the reason now?"
Feng Qi smiled mysteriously. "Why do you think the Ghost Market keeps them dangling without committing? They want to pry the reason out of the Vast Righteousness Sect, but every last one of those fellows is an old fox that's practically grown into a spirit.
"So now they're batting the matter back and forth, each deflecting the other's moves."
Su Jiu supposed that made sense. If the answer were so easy to find, the Enforcement Hall would not still be relying solely on Xia Jue's conjecture.
A reason that neither the Enforcement Hall nor the Ghost Market could uncover had to be a secret of the Vast Righteousness Sect.
Or had something gone wrong within the Vast Righteousness Sect?
For a moment, Su Jiu's imagination also galloped freely across the heavens.
Watching the two speak in veiled terms and endlessly deflect each other's moves, Su Jiu found it rather dull.
Seeing that Su Jiu had spent much of the time staring at her wine cup without speaking, Yun Chao had guessed a little of what was happening. "Were you communicating with Fellow Daoist Feng just now?"
Su Jiu smiled. "We haven't seen each other in so long that we had rather a lot to say. I'm afraid I neglected you."
Yun Chao smiled too. "Not at all."