After Su Jiu and the others left the Ghost Market, she was the only one who returned to the inn.
Qin Ming took Liu Zhiyan straight back to the Azure Mist Continent, while Yu Jin took Yu Xiaoyu back to the Yu Household in Jade Sun City.
Before she and Yu Jin parted, however, they agreed to meet in Jade Sun City two months later.
Naturally, it was to discuss the Spirit-Draining Stone incident. Yu Jin would also investigate the Zheng Household further over those two months.
The most interesting thing that happened on the way back probably involved the young woman named Lu Chuchu.
A few hours earlier, while she and Yu Jin were still discussing the Zheng Household, Lu Chuchu suddenly interrupted.
"Though I can offer little, this matter concerns us too, after all. As one of the victims, I would also like to do my humble part." As she spoke, Lu Chuchu's eyes all but glued themselves to Yu Jin.
Su Jiu chuckled. On closer inspection, Yu Jin was reasonably attractive, but he clearly fell short of Senior Brother Xia Jue and Martial Uncle Chu Luohen.
Lu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes and said bluntly, "With your Qi Refining Period Cultivation Level, are you going along just to drag him down?"
Indeed, despite being twenty-two, Lu Chuchu was still only at the Qi Refining Period Cultivation Level.
Yu Jin had clearly encountered plenty of similar situations. Though being interrupted had initially annoyed him greatly, he refused her with reasonable courtesy.
"Investigating this requires brains, not fighting. Besides, if there's a fight, isn't Fellow Daoist Yu here? I'm sure Fellow Daoist Yu will protect me!" The adoration in Lu Chuchu's eyes nearly spilled over.
Su Jiu kept feeling that this scene was strangely familiar. It was not that her