Outer city, Carefree Cave.
Lin Wanyi wore a black, wide-sleeved dress and a black veiled hat, covering herself tightly from head to toe. Only after making sure no one on the street was watching did she enter a leather goods shop and follow the stairs to the second floor.
Compared with the shop below, where miscellaneous goods lay piled everywhere, the second floor was much tidier. A painting hung on the wall, dotted with stars, though its moon was only a slender, curved hook, representing the "new moon."
The new moon was precisely the emblem of Missing Moon Manor.
Bu Hanying was an incense master operating in Luojing. Wearing reading glasses, he was leafing through books at a desk. When he noticed Lin Wanyi coming upstairs, he hurriedly rose.
"Wanyi, my girl, you finally came."
Lin Wanyi took off her veiled hat, revealing a face of beauty fit to topple a nation.
"Martial Uncle Bu, were you waiting for me?"
"I've been waiting two days!"
Bu Hanying gestured for Lin Wanyi to sit, lingering fear in his eyes.
"You haven't revealed your Witch Cult identity to Xie Jinhuan, have you?"
Lin Wanyi had not intended to reveal it; Xie Jinhuan had figured it out himself. She had not yet had a chance to tell her sect about this. At his question, she blinked.
"Not yet. What's wrong?"
Smack!
Bu Hanying slapped his thigh, his face filled with the relief of having escaped death.
"The night before last, after I finished discussing matters with the representatives of the Various Major Sects, Xie Jinhuan cornered me as soon as I stepped outside!"
"He was tracking down evil fiends and heretics, cutting through tangled hemp with a sharp blade! Less than two hours after speaking to your martial uncle, he slaughtered that rogue