Usually, when Chen Tang and Ye Yushi ate together, Ye Yushi didn’t talk much.
After eating, they each returned to their rooms, one to heal, the other to cultivate.
Today marks the end of the year, and Ye Yushi’s injuries have mostly healed, so she won’t be healing anymore.
Chen Tang didn’t cultivate either.
They shared a few cups of wine, Ye Yushi’s cheeks turned slightly red, adding a touch of allure, and she spoke more than usual.
Knowing that Chen Tang wanted to go to Nanxia, she started talking about so Jianghu matters in Nanxia.
Chen Tang knew little about Nanxia, so he listened with keen interest.
Before they knew it, it was almost dusk.
Ye Yushi ate very little.
Chen Tang bought a large table of food and wine, and after he had his fill, there was still plenty left.
Opening the window, Chen Tang held a wine glass and looked out at the starry sky, involuntarily recalling the scene from last year around this ti, when he reunited with the fat old man and a few others including Qingmu.
Under the sa starry sky, he wondered where they were and what they were doing.
Yuan Qingshan and his wife are gone, is Qingmu still okay in the Imperial Palace?
The fat old man, who knows where he went.
Has Zhiwei found her family?
Where is i Yingxue now, and how is she doing?
This world is different from the previous one.
The Jianghu is a long road, and once so people part ways, they may never et again in this lifeti.
Chen Tang also thought of the Emperor Wu, alone atop the Snow Mountain Peak.
Rembering the mont before they parted when Emperor Wu taught him the "Dragon Capturing Technique."
"Dragon Capturing Technique..."
Chen Tang murmured, a small figure of a young girl flashed in his mind.
So strange.
When he tried to recall what Ghost Concealnt looked like, it was faint and fuzzy.
Where did she learn her "Dragon Capturing Technique"?
After a mont of reflection, Chen Tang opened the door and went downstairs to the hall’s counter, handed over a Hidden Coin, and said, "Boss lady, I want to inquire about soone."
"Who?"
Lady Yun didn’t take the Hidden Coin, instead, she countered with a question.
Chen Tang asked, "Which room is Ghost Concealnt in?"
Lady Yun smiled at the inquiry, happily took the Hidden Coin, and said, "Ghost Concealnt isn’t here."
This money was easy to make.
Ghost Concealnt didn’t co to the Shadow Tower?
Chen Tang mused.
Under normal circumstances, once injured, the safest place in Qianzhu City is the Shadow Tower.
But Ghost Concealnt did not co.
Perhaps, to her, anywhere in the city is safe.
Even if injured, she is absolutely confident that no one can find her, and no one dares provoke her!
Or, she has other thoughts...
Chen Tang asked again, "What do you know about Ghost Concealnt?"
Lady Yun spread her small hands and said, "I know quite a bit, but most I can’t tell."
"Tell what you can."
Chen Tang said.
Lady Yun extended her fingers and tapped the counter.
Chen Tang was sowhat helpless, but still handed over another Hidden Coin.
Lady Yun said, "In fact, she is from your Divine Land, coming from Nanxia."
"Oh?"
Chen Tang’s expression shifted, asking, "Then how did she end up here?"
Lady Yun smiled and said, "That part your wife should know clearly."
Lady Yun was referring to Ye Yushi.
Ye Yushi had ntioned it to Chen Tang before, that infants often disappeared in various parts of Nanxia, and through her investigations, she found out these infants were sent to the Hermit Continent, trained to beco Hermit Assassins.
The implication was that Ghost Concealnt was one of those infants.
Chen Tang said, "As far as I know, after these people complete their training, they are sent back to Nanxia."
"Correct."
Lady Yun nodded and said, "However, during training, the Mute Girl was noticed by one of the five Elders, becoming this Elder’s personal disciple, allowing her to stay on the Hermit Continent, rapidly rising, eventually growing into Ghost Concealnt."
Which ans, Ghost Concealnt’s "Dragon Capturing Technique" was taught by this Elder?
After a brief contemplation, Chen Tang asked again, "I’ve heard the Elder Council has five Elders, which one took her as a disciple?"
Lady Yun said, "Among the five Elders, four are Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, each in charge of a section, plus a Transmission Elder. The Transmission Elder is the most mysterious, with no one knowing his identity. It was he who initially taught Ghost Concealnt."
"Mute Girl?"
Chen Tang seed to think of sothing and asked suddenly.
Lady Yun said, "When she was six, her throat was poisoned, couldn’t heal, and couldn’t speak since. Before becoming Ghost Concealnt, she was called Mute Girl."
Chen Tang fell silent.
For so reason, he suddenly thought of Zhiwei.
Zhiwei wandered from a young age, being bought and sold, suffering, but eventually, things turned around, and she beca a Mystic Master, possibly even finding her family in the future.
Whereas the Mute Girl was kidnapped as a child, sent to the Hermit Continent, enduring harsh training at a tender age, losing freedom, transford into a tool for others, cold and rciless.
Compared to the Mute Girl, Zhiwei was fortunate.
At least, Zhiwei lived like a human, with warm childhood mories.
In the Mute Girl’s mories, there were probably only coldness, cruelty, blood, darkness...
Chen Tang said nothing, turned upstairs, tidied the leftover food on the table, packed it, and slung it over his back, then went downstairs again.
"Going out this late?"
Seeing Chen Tang walking out, Lady Yun raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile.
"Mm, going for a walk."
Chen Tang gave an ambiguous answer.
Watching Chen Tang’s departing figure, the smile on Lady Yun’s face gradually faded, a cold glint in her eyes.
"He must be going to find Ghost Concealnt."
Liu Shou said softly.
"Why?"
Wu Ji didn’t catch on and asked instinctively.
Liu Shou said, "Ghost Concealnt has a disabled arm and hasn’t taken shelter at the Shadow Tower. This is the best opportunity to deal with Ghost Concealnt. If Ghost Concealnt doesn’t die, he’ll always have to be on edge in the city."
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