Crossing Blows

Other than those on himself, he had never seen spirit treasures on anyone else.

His understanding of spirit treasures was not clear. He did not know what exactly set them apart from other treasures.

They were unfathomably deep; impossible to see through.

Yet Cheng Yunzheng did not give him a sense of danger. It seemed this spirit treasure posed little threat to him.

But that might not necessarily be true.

Perhaps the spirit treasure could conceal his intuition and give him a false impression.

So he could not afford to be careless.

At this moment, everyone in the envoy group had stopped on the official road, including the mounted riders and a carriage.

The carriage looked utterly ordinary, with subdued colors and simple patterns.

The curtain at the carriage window was drawn aside, revealing the face of a delicate and beautiful young girl.

Cheng Yunzheng, standing among the riders, swung down from his horse and came to the carriage.

Cheng Yunzheng was lean and straight-backed, his handsome face solemn as he said in a low voice, "Little Sister."

A soft, lovely voice came from within the carriage. "Fifth Brother, what is it?"

"Someone is spying on us from the shadows," Cheng Yunzheng said gravely.

"Are they trying to assassinate us?"

"I don't sense any killing intent. They may be Imperial Court spies."

"Then why have we stopped?"

"We'll rest for a while first. I'll take the chance to see whether I can catch those spies."

"Fifth Brother, there's no need for that." The soft voice said gently, "Just pretend we don't know."

Cheng Yunzheng said coolly, "If we truly pretend not to know, they won't think us tolerant. They'll only think us weak and easy to bully, and push their luck even further!"

He immediately let out a cold laugh.