"What about the disciples from the other peaks?"
"I have taken the opportunity to visit the other peaks as well. The situation was the same there. Those newly arrived boys turned a blind eye to the secret hand signals of the sect. They presumably are not among them."
"Eh? That is strange. The sect sends people over every ten years. Why did they not send anyone this year?"
The two fell silent for a while before Senior Brother Hu said again, "Right, recently there has been a medicine boy from Hui Chun Valley in the Herb Department of our Tianmu Peak. His martial arts are exceptionally formidable. Could he be..."
"I thought of that long ago. After his gambling match, I tried showing him the hand signals, but he showed no reaction at all. He probably is not one of us either."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaohua was stunned. From the sound of it, this Junior Brother Qian should be from the Pill Department. When had someone from the Pill Department ever made hand signals at him? Why did he not remember it at all?
"Hmph. Looking at how arrogant he is, he may not have been sent by the Cult either. Who would reveal the depth of their formidable martial arts the moment they arrived at Tianmu Peak, and then get so close to Chen Fengxiao?"
"However, Junior Brother Qian, if there are no suitable candidates among the Pill Department's alchemy boys, I think you should go take another look at those medicine boys in the Herb Department. Perhaps the Cult changed its direction this year and started with Hui Chun Valley!"
"Senior Brother Hu is right. That is what I think as well. They have started from the Pill Department every year; after enough time, traces are bound to