After Tian Xingwen's divine sense truly came into contact with the jade slip, a layer of restriction on it blocked his probe. This was the most normal situation; if a jade slip fell into someone else's hands and could be easily peeked at, what secret would there be left to speak of?
From the circulation of the restriction on the jade slip, Tian Xingwen sensed the power of the yin-yang laws. A faint change crossed his expression, but his divine sense still quickly stabbed toward that layer of restriction.
Hiss!
Amid a sound outsiders could not hear, that rather extraordinary restrictive seal was instantly broken open by him, and his divine sense plunged into the jade slip at once.
From his testing of the jade slip to his investigation, all of this happened in an extremely short span of time. Down below, Shopkeeper Zhu stood there respectfully, completely unaware that Tian Xingwen above had been guarding against things like a suspicious, ghost-fearing man.
Although all of it had been his own needless worry, there was not the slightest embarrassment in Tian Xingwen's heart. Only after everything proved normal once the restriction was broken did he finally feel at ease.
Tian Xingwen looked at the inscribed contents, his divine sense sweeping through them very quickly. After finishing, however, he did not speak at once, as if he were thinking about something.
Shopkeeper Zhu below had been waiting for the other party to finish reading. Martial Uncle Tian had not spoken all this time, so of course he did not dare hand over the jade slip and immediately turn to leave.
After more than ten breaths, in the midst of silence, Shopkeeper Zhu suddenly heard a voice sound from above.
"Elder Zhu, repeat in full detail the course of how you obtained