Impossible to See Through

For some time to come, the other party would definitely keep an eye on the people coming and going from his shop.

A mocking curl touched the black-clothed middle-aged man's lips as he turned and walked toward the back courtyard.

"Then guard it well. As long as you can afford the spirit stones for lodging here!

But my patience is limited too. If you go around making blind inquiries, I'll have no choice but to report it truthfully to General Shangguan for handling!"

The black-clothed middle-aged man did not sympathize with Li Yan. He simply did not wish to offend Zhao Min. He knew that General Shangguan placed great importance on this newly accepted disciple.

If something happened to this cultivator surnamed Li here, then once that young girl grew up, he would have provoked someone he should never have provoked.

He was a man who could turn in every direction, and naturally did not wish for such trouble to fall upon himself.

Li Yan merged into the crowd, his expression unchanged, but his mind was already rapidly replaying his conversation with the black-clothed middle-aged man.

Was this man truly following the rules of the trade, or was he doing it deliberately? He might know that burly man's true identity and be deliberately concealing it.

Was all of this arranged by that Nascent Soul cultivator? Was she so certain that I would be unable to uncover Zhao Min's whereabouts?

For now, I can only secretly watch whether, after I leave, someone comes to retrieve the jade slip, or whether this black-clothed middle-aged man leaves the shop himself.

If that happens, then his claim that the burly man had come twice in half a year was all a lie.

*No matter which situation occurs, it would prove that the two sides