"He's gone?" When Old Ma walked into the yard with Black Dog, he first looked around and then asked Lu Chen.
"Yes, he's gone." Lu Chen nodded and answered absent-mindedly.
Old Ma looked at him strangely and asked, "What did Perfected Immortal say?"
Lu Chen didn't answer him. He looked at an unknown place in the yard, his eyes drifting. He seemed to be thinking about something and didn't hear Old Ma's question.
Old Ma frowned and raised his voice to call Lu Chen. Lu Chen's body shook and he seemed to wake up. He said in surprise, "Ah, what's wrong?"
Old Ma snorted and looked Lu Chen up and down. "It's rare to see you so distracted. Did you say something important to the Immortal Lord just now?" Old Ma looked at Lu Chen from head to toe.
Lu Chen shook his head and said, "No. Maybe I've been thinking too much these days and let my mind wander. I'd better go back to sleep later."
Old Ma looked at Lu Chen suspiciously, as if he didn't believe Lu Chen's excuse. However, Perfected Tianlan's identity and status were not trivial. Even if he and Lu Chen were best friends, if Lu Chen didn't tell him personally, Old Ma didn't have the guts to get to the bottom of it.
"All right." Old Ma quickly changed the topic and said, "Since Immortal happened to come over, did you tell him about our visit to Qianhua Hall not long ago?"
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Yes, I did. At the same time, I also asked him if we were the only ones who knew the names on the list, or if someone else had seen it?"
Old Ma suddenly became spirited and said, "That's right. How did Immortal answer?"
Lu Chen frowned and said after a moment of hesitation, "Damn baldy said it's a bit troublesome. He's in a high position and has a lot of work to do every day. It's impossible for him to investigate those suspicious people himself, so the list he gave me wasn't actually made by him. Most of the details and the confirmation of the candidates were submitted by his subordinates. "
Old Ma took a step forward and clenched his right fist. He looked a little nervous and lowered his voice, saying, "Who passed the list?"
Lu Chen smiled bitterly and said, "There definitely weren't many people who passed through it, but there wasn't just one either. However, Floating Clouds Agency's Xue Ying is definitely one of the people who have seen this list. The reason for that is because she was the one who personally delivered this list to True Monarch Tian Lan. "
"Xue Ying …" Old Ma suddenly sucked in a breath of cold air and his expression turned ugly.
However, Lu Chen comforted him and said, "You don't have to be nervous and afraid. Xue Ying has always been loyal to damn baldy. She shouldn't want to harm us. Damn baldy also said that he will carefully investigate in Fuyunji to see if there's anything fishy. But the situation is turbulent now. He still hopes that I can help him and try to find the lair of the Evil Cult in Immortal City. "
Old Ma nodded and said, "I understand. Anyway, no matter what Immortal says, we still do what we planned to do."
Lu Chen said, "That's more or less what I mean."
Old Ma sighed and said, "It's a pity that this immortal city is so huge, and the cultivators are as numerous as the carps in the river. It's not easy to find those evil people from the Evil Cult who are hiding in the dark."
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Don't we still have that list? Although one died at the beginning and we don't know what happened, we still have to do what we should do. However, we still have to do what we have to do. Let's continue to look for the other people on the list. If the next person is fine, then our previous encounter is probably a coincidence. However, if the next person is also in trouble, then we can be sure that there must be a mole in the Floating Clouds Division. There must be some kind of secret method that is secretly communicating with the Devil Cult. "
Old Ma secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at Lu Chen's relaxed expression. Although he forced a smile on his face, his whole face was dark and he looked really nervous.
…
After chatting for a while in the courtyard, the sun was going to the west and it was almost dusk. Lu Chen called Atsu, who was lying at the side and looked a little sleepy after eating, and walked back to the west room with him.
Old Ma watched them leave with a complicated expression on his face. No one knew what he was thinking at the moment.
After returning to his own bedroom, Lu Chen had just turned around and closed the door when he heard a soft murmur beside him. Atsu directly fell to the ground, then his stomach bulged and he fell asleep.
"Sleep after eating and eat again after waking up. How are you like a dog? You're completely like a pig." Lu Chen complained in Atsu's ear.
Atsu seemed to be used to such words, or maybe he didn't want to disturb his sleep and ignored the guy beside him. He closed his eyes and curled up into a ball and slept.
Not long after, Lu Chen heard snoring coming from Ah-Tu's side.
"Alas, I can't count on you." Lu Chen shook his head and then found a stool to sit down. He reached into his bosom and fumbled for a while. After a while, he took out the name list given to him by Supreme Tianlan. There were many names written on it, and it was also the matter that he and Old Ma entrusted him to see if there was any way to solve.
Lu Chen silently looked at the name list in his hand and glanced over the names on it.
In the second row, he saw the name of Hua Duonuo, the boss of Qianhua Hall.
He glanced over the name and paused for a moment. Then, without saying a word, he slowly picked up a pen from the desk and drew a line on the name Hua Duonuo.
The handwriting of "Hua Duonuo" became blurred, but the other names were still clear. Lu Chen muttered to himself as he looked at the names in his hand. After thinking for a long time, he went out to the yard in the dead of night. He didn't mind the dirt and directly lay down on the grass in the yard, then looked up at the stars in the sky.
The faint starlight seemed to have been like this since ancient times, and it had never changed for millions of years. It illuminated the path of lonely travelers every dark night, watching everyone in the world from birth to adulthood, from leaving home to returning home, from youth to white-haired, and finally to returning to the yellow earth.
The starlight sprinkled on Lu Chen like a gentle hand caressing his face.
Lu Chen took a deep breath of the night air and felt the breeze from afar. Then, he suddenly took out the name list from his bosom. Under the starlight, he gently drew a line under another name.
Rui Xiaotian.
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