The next day at dawn, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, the disciples of the Tianzhi Sect began to move around in the courtyard. When Geng Qi was awakened by the silvery voices of several female disciples outside the side room, it was already three-quarters past Chen hour.
In the courtyard surrounded by several side rooms, there was a marble table. Four or five people were gathered around a young man in white. The newly entered disciples of the major sect were all young men and women with excellent aptitude, their voices clear and full of vigor.
"I heard you found that young master Yang's body? Weren't you afraid of seeing a corpse in such a dark place?"
"Where are you brothers from? What brings you here?"
"Your older brother is so lazy. It's already this late and he's still not up. Is he like this all the time in your family?"
"..."
"You're so pitiful. If I had an older brother like that, I wouldn't even give him a second glance!"
A young girl's voice always carries a touch of softness, echoing in people's ears.
Qinghan had a smile on her face, but it was very stiff.
He was handsome and lovable, with two small dimples on his cheeks when he smiled. His face was also youthful, making him look the same age as these disciples. He got up early in the morning and sat here alone. Several female disciples saw him and came to talk to him.
"I heard from Senior Yang that you are very powerful. Which sect do you belong to?"
Qinghan hugged the food box she had brought back a while ago, pursed her lips and said, "We... don't have a sect."
A female disciple's eyes lit up: "Really? Then come to our sect! We'll talk to our grandmaster. With your abilities, he'll definitely agree!"
Qinghan tensed up even more: "No...no need."
"Don't be so polite. Our Tianzhi Sect is the best sect on the Xuanling Continent, you..."
"Hey ladies!" A head suddenly popped out from a crack in the room next to the main room behind them: "It's not very kind of you to be sneaking around outside someone's door so early in the morning to steal their little brother!"
As soon as he spoke, all was silent.
Several gazes turned to look behind him at the same time, and Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief: "...Brother!"
Geng Qi yawned and slowly stepped out of the room and walked over.
Qinghan immediately got up and placed the food box on the stone table.
Someone couldn't stand it and retorted, "Qinghan has been sitting here since before dawn, and you're only coming out now that it's almost 9 AM. With a brother like you, it would be a good thing if someone kidnapped you!"
Geng Qi laughed and said, "What's wrong with the hour of Si (9-11 AM)? Your grandmaster uncle hasn't come out either, has he?"
Someone complained, "Grandmaster Uncle has already left the manor!"
Geng Qi was slightly taken aback, looked at Qing Han, and when he nodded, he subconsciously asked, "Where did you go?"
"The Li family of Zhendong".
"……oh."
When I arrived in town, I heard that a woman from the Li family had gone missing. Today is the third day. Are they waiting for her to disappear?
He opened the food box and looked inside. On the top layer were several soft, white meat buns. Too lazy to look at what was underneath, he took two buns and said to Qinghan, "Let's go take a look."
Qinghan nodded to the others in the courtyard and followed them out.
The Li family in the east of the city was not a wealthy family. They made a living by selling spiritual medicines. The woman surnamed Li was originally from a sect of immortals. After leaving the sect, her family settled in Gefeng Town. Her family found her a son-in-law to marry into the family. They lived a simple life and had no worries about food or drink.
Geng Qi found Rong Yu in a teahouse opposite the Li family's residence. The female lead, Su Mo'er, and her other disciples happened to be coming out of the Li family's residence, and the people in the teahouse were looking in the direction of the Li family's residence.
He concluded: Something's fishy!
Rong Yu sat in the teahouse for a long time, his tea had gone cold, but he was staring blankly at the street outside the teahouse. Suddenly, a woman in red sat down opposite him, and he was startled and looked up.
Geng Qi gazed at the Li family mansion across the street and asked, "Has it appeared?"
Rong Yu lowered his head and sipped his tea again: "Never."
When Geng Qi turned to look at him, the man's expression was calm. Thinking of the bright red face he had seen last night, it was completely different from the one he saw now. Perhaps the candlelight was too bright and he had mistaken it for something else.
Holding two steamed buns in his hand, he had a sudden thought. A purple light flashed in his palm, and he baked the buns until they were crispy on the outside and hot on the inside. Thinking of the blunder last night, he wanted to say something to ease the awkwardness, so he handed one to the person opposite him and made conversation: "Want some?"
I thought he would refuse, but to my surprise, he paused for a moment, and then a hand with distinct knuckles reached out.
Geng Qi: "..."
Don't people with such profound cultivation all practice fasting?
Fine, I'll just consider it a bribe for the male lead!
He was almost certain that this person was the male lead; if he couldn't hold onto the main character's leg, he could at least hold onto the arm!
If you eat his food, you can't hold a grudge, right?
Breakfast was divided in half. Geng Qi munched on the last steamed bun and looked across from the teahouse, teasingly saying, "You wouldn't have been so scared of me knowing you were here that you didn't dare come back, would you?"
Rong Yu said, "No."
"That's true. Someone who dares to kill someone in the street must be no coward."
Geng Qi casually replied, but Rong Yu paused slightly as he held up his teacup, saying, "Yang Wei died long ago."
"……What's the meaning?"
What do you mean by "died long ago"?
Before he could offer an explanation, disciples of the Tianzhi Sect rushed in from outside the teahouse: "Grandmaster Uncle! We've found them!"
"..."
The disciple ran in, slightly out of breath, "We've found Miss Li Yao! She...she's still alive!"
The disciple who ran over was named Gao Yao. Geng Qi had heard this name from other disciples yesterday. It sounded like "plaster". He had paid special attention to this person. He was very thin, but he did not look weak. His face, which was originally quite quiet, now looked very exaggerated because he was too shocked.
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