Su Jiu glanced up at him, her thin lips parting slightly. "A secret."
There was really nothing to hide about Void Talisman Drawing. She was simply annoyed by his earlier attitude.
Just as Su Jiu had expected, Yu Jin choked on her reply. Women and petty men really are the hardest people to deal with.
"We'll visit the Ghost Market again tomorrow night."
Yu Jin felt a little reassured.
In a magnificent residence glittering with gold, the person in the seat of honor listened to a subordinate's report with darkened eyes.
He tossed a spirit stone that had been polished somewhat smooth in his hand, looking rather distracted.
"I'm afraid we can no longer use the Ghost Market on the Flowing Moon City route."
Only then did the man in the seat of honor stop playing with the spirit stone. As though he had misheard, he narrowed his eyes at the subordinate. "What did you say? Say that again."
A chill immediately crept through the man delivering the report, but he dared not leave the question unanswered.
"I-it's the Flowing Moon route. We c-can't use it anymore."
A vicious look crept onto the seated man's face. "What happened?"
"Chen Ping seems to have been discovered. This time, he accidentally captured two people he shouldn't have touched, and their companions came looking for them."
Though the seated man's voice was male, it had a shrill edge that grated painfully on the ears. "Who did he capture?"
"One was Yun Chao, a personal disciple of the Flowing Radiance Sword Sect. The other was an unknown rogue cultivator, Qiao Zirong."
The seated man smiled. "Even I wouldn't dare touch Yun Chao. You certainly have some nerve!"
Though he was smiling, it only made the subordinate tremble harder.
"Which idiot came up with that