Li Yan's return that day had also fallen within some of Ma Peijin's predictions. Just from seeing Li Yan and Zuo Qiudan speak alone, Ma Peijin had guessed that it had to do with the conscription. Had this Li Yan returned because he had received the news?
Only, after Li Yan later returned to his own cave residence, he actually never came out again. Not only him—in the month or so that followed, only Zuo Qiudan showed his face occasionally, while Shangguan Tianque did not appear even once.
Yu Banjiang, on the other hand, often appeared outside. That Li Yan no longer made any movement at all, and this made Ma Peijin feel increasingly uneasy. He began to suspect that these people might be gathering in secret, and with his own abilities, he simply could not detect it!
This left him unable to obtain any news at all. He could not even make a judgment through the other party's conduct and manner. Ma Peijin then carefully pondered what attitude Li Yan would take once he learned of this matter after returning.
But now he had not obtained any real intelligence, so he also did not know whether he should report the results of his own speculation to Chunyang Hall.
"What is Elder Ma thinking about?"
Just as Ma Peijin was pondering, a completely unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared beside his ear.
That voice came far too abruptly. Ma Peijin, who had been gathering his focus in thought, was so frightened that his body gave a violent shudder. His whole person shot to his feet with a whoosh, and with a sway of his body, he appeared several zhang away.
"Who?"
Only after his entire person had already been frightened into flashing away did his incomparably shocked voice blurt out.
Immediately after,