Su Jiu noticed that her senior brother had paused twice along the way. The first time had been shortly after they left the Withered Tree's vicinity, and the second had happened just now.
Su Jiu tilted her head slightly. "Senior Brother, did something happen?"
Xia Jue shook his head. "I just didn't expect there to be so many curious people."
Su Jiu immediately thought of what they had done earlier in front of the Withered Tree.
Curious? Curious about what? Apart from the red cord, the only things we left there were talismans.
Su Jiu hurriedly asked, "Did something happen to the talismans?"
Xia Jue shook his head, then smiled faintly. "Are you underestimating your senior brother, A Jiu?"
Su Jiu's expression stiffened, and she shook her head repeatedly.
Xia Jue found her embarrassment both entertaining and amusing, but soon, he sensed another, rather unfriendly gaze sweep over him.
He looked up and met Yun Huanling's eyes directly. While Yun Huanling was still taken aback, Xia Jue had already given him a slight smile and looked away.
There seemed to be no hostility, yet something still seemed off.
Nearby, Feng Qi watched the bewilderment on Yun Huanling's face and felt a little sympathy. If Chu Luohen and Xia Jue could be considered evenly matched, this fellow was merely a nameless bystander wandering along the fringes.
The sort his boss would not even spare an extra glance.
Meanwhile, Xia Jue lowered his head and told Su Jiu, "Still, your guess wasn't entirely wrong. Something did try to tamper with the talismans. It simply failed."
Su Jiu frowned. We've barely left, and something already wants to tamper with the talismans.
Then her gaze sharpened abruptly. "So something is following us? But I haven't sensed anything..."
Xia Jue murmured almost inaudibly, "Perhaps he