This corner, next to the wall of two courtyards, is rarely visited by anyone.

So Lu Qing has been here for about ten minutes.

No matter what Lu Qing said, the young man in gray just didn't say a word.

Ignore the kind advice!

Ignore the threats!

Lu Qing felt that even if he beat the boy up on the spot, he would not say a word.

This is just a stubborn person!

It's impossible to really beat him up, right?

"Then I'll have to take you back and ask for an explanation."

Lu Qing grabbed the young man in gray and pretended to leave.

The young man in gray fell down and sat on the ground, trying his best to resist. Although his resistance was ineffective, it caused Lu Qing, who was dragging him, a lot of headaches.

To be honest, in some cases, a person's appearance does affect the outcome of events.

If it were an ordinary adult man, Lu Qing would not find it so troublesome.

The key point is that the other person is just a teenager who looks like he hasn't even reached puberty yet. He seems to be the type who knows he has done something wrong but won't fight back or talk back.

Why did the teahouse send someone to follow me?

Did I touch their interests?

Impossible, I'm just a passerby who did nothing.

I showed off my wealth, and they wanted to find out my background and eat me up?

I don't look rich at all, so the possibility is also very low.

Do they think I'm suspicious and a threat?

…

Lu Qing thought about it for a while, but to no avail.

So Lu Qing simply gave up thinking and dragged the boy to the teahouse.

Who would have thought that before he had taken a few steps, the young man in gray started to kowtow.

After a few knocks, a bloody mark appeared on his forehead.

How could Lu Qing bear this?

After all, Lu Qing was only at the second level of Qi Refining. In terms of state of mind, he had not yet reached the state of the Great Dao, which was ruthless.

But this young man couldn't control Lu Qing just by kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Since he kowtowed and begged for mercy, he revealed his flaws.

"Can you speak?" Lu Qing said coldly, "Now, you only have two choices. One, tell the truth. Two, I'll take you to that teahouse and ask for an explanation."

The young man in gray seemed to have finally figured out the current situation, and tremblingly, he explained everything.

He was a young farmer from a small village northeast of Bei'an City. Two months ago, he asked a distant relative in the city to help him find a job as a teahouse hand. In addition to fetching water, boiling water, washing cups and wiping tables, the owner also arranged some other chores for him.

For example, stalking people.

This additional work only started in the last few days.

The young man explained that whenever the shopkeeper saw a stranger, he would ask them, the off-duty workers, to quietly follow the customer. Their main purpose was to observe where the customer went, who they talked to, and what they did.

This aimless tracking seems to be simply for the purpose of collecting intelligence.

That's all?

The boy's speech was extremely detailed and well-organized.

Lu Qing then loosened his hand and let him go.

He believed the boy was not lying.

But he had to find out more about the teahouse that ordered him to follow.

Lu Qing turned into a black shadow, merged into the wall next to him, and followed quietly.

Garden Tea House.

The young man walked in through the back door and found a manager, who then took him to see the shopkeeper.

"how?"

"To answer the shopkeeper, after leaving here, the customer headed towards East Street. He just looked around along the way, didn't buy anything, didn't enter any shops, and didn't talk to anyone... I followed him to the entrance of the alley, but fearing discovery, I ran back."

Good man, you can lie without blushing or feeling any pain?

Lu Qing felt that his ability to judge people still needed to be honed.

The shopkeeper's sharp eyes swept over the young man, and he slowed down his tone and asked, "Is it true?"

"really!"

The shopkeeper didn't say anything else, but calculated the time in his mind, and then let the young man leave.

Listening to their conversation, it seemed that the shopkeeper had no purpose in asking the young man to follow him.

But why collect intelligence on unfamiliar faces?

Lu Qing simply stayed here.

From the conversation, he learned that the shopkeeper's surname was Shu, and the entire Garden Tea House belonged to him. Shopkeeper Shu was also the head of the Shu family, a large family in the city.

Lu Qing also discovered that Manager Shu had his subordinates following more than just him.

He would arrange for people to follow any unfamiliar face who was not wearing the Cangxia Sect uniform.

Almost no one noticed the guests being followed.

Yes, unless you are a professional, who would notice that someone is following you on a street full of pedestrians?

Then why is he following?

Think about it in reverse.

Could it be that Shopkeeper Shu did this in order to select guests who were capable of detecting that they were being followed?

Fishing, right?

Lu Qing felt that if he continued to stay here, he might not be able to hear any useful information.

So, he decided to get real.

…

In the City Lord's Mansion, Liu He was practicing the new version of the "Pine and Crane Strengthening Method", with an expression of uncontrollable shock.

It’s like a person takes his broken QQ car to a repair shop, gets it fixed, and starts the car again, only to hear the roar of a 4.5t V8 engine!

This is outrageous...

Sect Master Lu was able to perfect his technique to such an extent in such a short time! !

You must know that any martial arts book is the crystallization of the creator's lifelong wisdom and cultivation! It is the product of a combination of one's own insights, practical experience, and combat experience!

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