Bai Rou followed at Li Yan's side. She had never asked what had happened, but her junior brother had definitely run into someone he did not wish to meet.
Although Li Yan still appeared to be taking a leisurely stroll, he no longer glanced much at the shops lining either side. Instead, he headed straight in one direction.
Moreover, after leaving that fat attendant, Li Yan merely lowered his head as he walked. When he raised it again, his appearance had changed into that of a sallow-faced young man.
"I ran into a few acquaintances. They're people I met while searching for the Hazy Moon Clear Immortal Grass. Let's follow them first. Senior Sister, do as before—mainly look at the shops on either side, or casually glance around!"
As they walked, Li Yan still sent Bai Rou a brief voice transmission to explain.
Only then did Bai Rou learn of their origins. Clearly, however, their relationship with Li Yan was far from friendly—perhaps even hostile.
She simply did not know why Li Yan wanted to follow them now. Still, she only nodded and did not press for details.
If Li Yan could tell her, he naturally would have done so already. His request was not difficult for her.
Bai Rou had now become quite practiced at concealment and disguise.
Li Yan, meanwhile, needed to focus his attention. The other party was too vigilant. Just now, since it had been a chance encounter, he had only cast an accidental glance, yet that Yan Qingchen had immediately sensed it.
To run into Yan Qingchen here, the outcome of that incident back then was probably much as I expected.
*Yellow Qi Valley and the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect must have struck a deal and traded for his life. But I never expected that Liu