Young Master Su recognized that face. As he spoke, the great bow in his hand had already vanished, and the red line between his brows rapidly faded away as well.
Yet the powerful aura that had constantly lingered around him swiftly weakened the moment his words fell, and his cross-legged body toppled to one side.
Young Master Su did not believe that anyone here would impersonate Li Yan. He had only gained a direction for investigating his younger sister's private affairs after learning about her past movements and the guards by her side.
Many of those harboring ill intentions did not even know his younger sister existed. That little girl had been born very late, and their parents had protected her from childhood.
Moreover, she had left home too early. Within their trading house, the Su Lineage was incomparably vast. One could grab a whole handful of cultivators surnamed Su, and most of them were collateral branches.
At the same time, ninety-nine percent of the people in the various branch offices of the lower realms were cultivators recruited locally. They knew virtually nothing about the upper realm.
Thus, very few people knew of his younger sister. If someone wanted to exploit this, then unless the shadow guards and bodyguards around her had betrayed her—
If that were the case, then his younger sister could not possibly have survived until now. She would have long since become a hostage for others to use against the trading house.
The other party had admitted he was Li Yan. Although Young Master Su did not like this person, anyone his younger sister could trust was someone he could trust without condition.
Because this person had once saved his younger sister. That fact alone was enough for him to trust Li Yan!
Li Yan did