The familiar golden veins made Xue Fuyao's eyes light up.
Watching their convoy draw farther and farther away, she turned and followed it straightaway.
The convoy headed out of the city. After confirming that none of these people had cultivation beyond Qi Refining, Xue Fuyao transformed into a spirit insect and slipped into a carriage, letting the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet absorb the golden veins on the stone while she eavesdropped on their conversation.
Transporting a seemingly unremarkable stone out of the city, and doing so furtively at that, could hardly fail to arouse suspicion.
Or had these people already known there was something unusual about the stone?
"That looks like a token from the City Lord's Mansion?"
Peering through a gap, Xue Fuyao saw a token hanging from one man's waist. It was indeed a token unique to the City Lord's Mansion of Sea City, which meant these people belonged to the City Lord's Mansion.
At the sight, she immediately recalled what had happened in her previous life. To ensure that his daughter received the Sea God’s Blessing, the city lord of Sea City had used underhanded means to tamper with the South Sea Grand Feast.
Since she had not been in South Sea City then and had only heard about it afterward, she did not know the specific details. All she knew was that the matter had suddenly come to light a month after the South Sea Grand Feast.
It had caused quite a stir, especially among the cultivators who had attended the South Sea Grand Feast. Many came from major sects and powerful factions and had gone there specifically for the Sea God’s Blessing. Suddenly learning that someone had tampered with it, quite a few could not swallow this insult.
She recalled what the proprietress at the wonton stall