Pressing Jun Luoying's identity token onto the inn's door, and waiting for the great formation to open a gap in the door, Ji Fengyao threw a handkerchief behind her as she was leaving. She used it to tie up Li Jia, who was already in despair on the bed, and dragged him out.

With perfect coordination, the magpie caught Li Jia as he flew over, hoisted him onto its shoulder, and quickly slipped out of the Jin Fu Inn with Ji Fengyao.

We left Tongcheng.

Only then did Xique throw the disoriented Li Jia to the ground and release his immobilization and speech-deafening acupoints.

"The one who kidnapped you is Fairy Qingfu Jun Luoying. The Jun family is powerful and you can't afford to offend them. Just leave Tongcheng now. Don't go north. Go east and find a small village to live out the rest of your life in peace." As Ji Fengyao spoke, she took out a large bag of gold and silver from her storage ring and threw it at Li Jia's feet.

Li Jia didn't pick up the gold and silver. Instead, he endured the soreness and numbness in his body, got up, and respectfully bowed to Ji Fengyao and Xi Que, saying, "Thank you for saving me, fairies. I am just an ordinary mortal. This parting is surely the last time we will meet again in this life."

I have nothing on me to repay you two fairies, but I have heard something that might be of some use to you.

"Oh, do you have some important news that's useful to cultivators?" Ji Fengyao didn't underestimate Li Jia. She knew that people like Li Jia, who mingled at the bottom of society and were usually not noticed by cultivators, were actually very likely to hear something truly useful.

“I am not a cultivator, so I don’t know whether it will be useful or not. But I’m afraid something big is about to happen in Tongcheng and Danzong. If you two fairies have bought the pills you want, you should leave quickly to avoid suffering any undeserved disaster,” Li Jia said sincerely.

"You're really something else. What day doesn't something big happen in the Pill Sect these days..." Xi Que found it amusing and wanted to say a few sarcastic remarks to Li Jia.

Ji Fengyao quickly pulled her back and asked, "Have you heard anything?"

Li Jia nodded and explained in detail: "As you all know, we mortals cannot live in Tongcheng unless we are employed by someone. I am the only one in my family who helps out at the clothing shop in Tongcheng, so I have to commute to and from work from the nearby villages every day."

Today was a really unlucky day for me. I ran into Fairy Qingfu and her entourage on my way home from work this evening.

Nothing happened at the time, but she stopped me and looked at me carefully. I thought she had mistaken me for someone else.

On his way home after leaving the city, he overheard a conversation between two people.

The two men were saying things like, "After searching for a thousand years, it has finally appeared. People from all races are gathering in this direction. The Yun family has completely declined, and the treasure has not yet appeared, so there is nothing to fear." I was terrified and didn't dare to listen carefully, but I felt that something big was about to happen.

I had originally planned to move my whole family away after returning home, but before I could even go home, I was kidnapped by Fairy Qingfu.

"Okay, I understand. Take your things and leave quickly. We don't need this gold and silver," Ji Fengyao nodded and urged Li Jia to leave.

Li Jia knew that if he fell into Jun Luoying's hands again, he would only face death.

He dared not delay, nor did he refuse; he picked up the gold and silver from the ground and ran away.

Once he was sure he was far away, Xique asked Ji Fengyao, still puzzled, "Miss, what exactly did he mean by those words he overheard? We've been searching for nearly a thousand years, and these words sound a bit like something the Demon Lord Jiu Yue would say?"

Xi Que grew increasingly alarmed as she spoke, grabbing Ji Fengyao's hand and saying, "Could it really be that Demon Lord Jiu Yue sent someone over?"