Zhao Qian and Dugu Qingxiao exchanged a glance. Then Dugu Qingxiao frowned and said:
"The Nine Prefectures clearly executed Chu Ping'an in secret, yet they refuse to admit it and keep searching for him."
Zhao Qian shook his head somewhat helplessly and said:
"If they didn't, those rogue cultivators in Liuxian Town would probably revolt."
Then, still talking, the two rose and headed out the door.
Bang!
As the guest room door slammed shut, the room fell utterly silent.
But a moment later, an apple sitting on the table suddenly rocked, then rolled out of the fruit bowl onto the tabletop with a series of thuds.
Then, with a crack, a snow-white little monkey leaped out of the split apple.
The little snow monkey immediately hugged the Sword Inquiry Token on the table to his chest, then pulled a jade tablet from his mouth and transmitted his voice into it:
"Big Sister, the Heavenly Gang Eight Methods you taught me work so well!"
Before long, a woman's voice came from the other end of the jade tablet-
"Ping'an, have you got the Sword Inquiry Token?"
The little snow monkey promptly held the jade tablet in both hands and replied softly:
"Sister Lingyue, I've got it. I'll bring it to Eldest Brother Taiping right away."
Inside a secluded inn in Liuxian Town.
"Ping'an, good, you've got it. Be careful on your way back."
Fairy Lingyue was communicating with Ping'an, who had secretly slipped into the Azure Profound Sect Master's lodgings.
Beside her, Xu Taiping let out a long breath of relief after hearing their exchange.
Although his name was already on the roster for tomorrow's Sword Inquiry at the Sword Champion Assembly, he could not enter without a Sword Inquiry Token.
And he did not want to alert the Sect