Li Yan had sensed Jin Shijiu's glance as well, but he acted as though he knew nothing. If he could avoid making a move, he absolutely would. He simply did not want others to see through his true strength.
His caution was etched into his bones at all times. It would not fade merely because he trusted someone. Only by always keeping a surprise move in reserve could Li Yan feel safe.
Jin Shijiu walked up to the two shop clerks. The pair still sat cross-legged, but spell techniques had completely suppressed them. They could neither move nor speak, and terror filled their eyes.
The moment Jin Shijiu stopped before them, he lightly waved a hand at one of them. A layer of restriction light immediately enveloped the man entirely. He could no longer see or hear anything outside, completely cut off from the world.
Then, beneath the increasingly terrified gaze of the other man, Jin Shijiu swiftly formed hand seals and began casting a spell on him.
As his fingers changed rapidly, rune after rune glittering with golden light emerged from his fingertips. Amid flashing and surging light, the runes descended one after another onto the shop clerk.
Golden light immediately flickered all over the man's body. With a single touch, the runes burrowed into his body and vanished.
Before long, the fear in the shop clerk's eyes receded like the tide, replaced by a vacant expression.
"Was a 'White Corpse Brain-Wrapping Gu' planted in your body?"
Jin Shijiu controlled his hand seals as he rapidly questioned the man. They were highly skilled at interrogation, and since he knew how matters had progressed, he naturally knew which crucial questions to ask.
Su Hong and Li Yan stood quietly behind him, listening to the exchange between the two...
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