CHAPTER 163: CHAPTER 156 THIS IS A MISUNDERSTANDING (FOUR UPDATES FOR MONTHLY PASS)_2

What you said is essentially saying nothing.

"Senior, do you still carry the initiation mask with you?"

"This serves as a constant reminder to myself."

"I am indeed lacking in knowledge."

Song Yinghan believed it.

Sighing with relief, she spoke with some emotion.

Looking through the two small eyeholes of the mask at the man beside her, she asked earnestly, "I wonder how many days senior has been in Jiangzhou City?"

"I arrived yesterday," Yuchi replied, mixing truth with lies.

His mind quickly started to deduce.

He had just visited the Celestial Capital Department in Jiangzhou City yesterday, where the strongest was Chen Weiran, also holding a ’Day Command’ title.

The woman in front of him also appeared to be of a ’Day Command’ level; her speech and mannerisms revealed some clues.

Therefore, she definitely wasn’t originally from Jiangzhou City and must have come from elsewhere!

In that case, Yuchi daringly came up with a sentence, "Miss Day Command, the journey must have been quite exhausting?"

After he spoke, he felt quite uncertain.

Firstly, addressing someone as ’Miss Day Command’ was quite strange, and he wasn’t sure if it was appropriate.

At least, as far as Xun Xian was concerned, he heard others call Xun Xian ’Miss Patrol Officer’.

Drawing analogies might not be far off, right?

Secondly, was she really of the ’Day Command’ rank?

Finding an answer to this question was better than forcibly holding her hand.

And using his scorching Spiritual Qi to channel through her meridians to see her true strength.

"Yes, senior."

"The Observing Star Terrace is quite far from Jiangzhou City, I traveled for several days to get here," Song Yinghan said without any suspicion.

This really couldn’t be blamed on her.

Firstly, the innkeeper gave her an initial shock, saying Yuchi was his colleague.

Secondly, they used a secret code.

Thirdly, there was the mask.

Fourthly, his speech echoed the manner of the Celestial Capital Department.

Fifthly, his surname was Song.

Sixthly, she called him a senior and he accepted the honor, happily referring to himself as senior.

In conclusion,

How could Song Yinghan possibly not believe, after all, no matter how bold a crafty villain, they wouldn’t dare impersonate someone from the Celestial Capital Department.

However...

However, Yuchi indeed had the audacity.

His thoughts took another step further.

Since she came from a place called "Observing Star Terrace", which was very far from here, perhaps she was from another region’s Celestial Capital Department?

Then why did she come looking for him?

...No, that’s not right.

She didn’t come looking for him.

She didn’t know of his existence beforehand, so what was her purpose?

"You’ve worked hard."

Yuchi removed his mask, disliking the unpleasant smell of the familiar copper mask.

He faced the sunlight, lazily gazing into the distance, "If you need to know anything, you can ask me."

"I’ve been here a day and have a rough understanding of Jiangzhou City’s situation."

"Yes."

Song Yinghan obediently responded, "Junior Song Yinghan has come to Jiangzhou City to investigate matters regarding Yuchi."

"Continue," Yuchi nodded.

"Yes."

Song Yinghan naively revealed everything: "Earlier the innkeeper was our Celestial Capital Department’s agent."

"We heard from the agent that Yuchi is a guild president."

"The president himself seems to lean towards an alignment with the government."

"Thus, I was sent by the Observing Star Terrace to secretly assist him and at the same time investigate any possible grudges or disputes in Jiangzhou City."

"According to the description in the letter of commission."

"I’m supposed to figure out Yuchi’s true intentions while investigating any possible chaotic relationships in Jiangzhou City."

Wow, is this really how the situation is?

Yuchi glanced at the woman’s delicate neck, losing interest in the beautiful scenery.

Something felt off all of a sudden, there was a strong sense of heading towards self-destruction?

After circling around, was she here to investigate him?

And the innkeeper turned out to be an informant? He just knew the innkeeper was up to no good, and now it turned out to be true!

Innkeeper, "?"

Reflecting further.

"Right and not right."

Song Yinghan indeed came for Yuchi, but Yuchi is Yuchi, what does that have to do with me, Song Bei?

She was looking for Yuchi, and I, Song Bei, am being straightforward.

The Disguise Pill could make him appear middle-aged, but did Song Yinghan know what Yuchi looked like in middle age?

No way, she didn’t even know how old I am.

Even so, Yuchi became a lot more cautious internally.

Upon hearing the other party seemed to be keen on assisting him, he continued the conversation:

"Rest assured, I’ve already confirmed that Yuchi indeed sides with my government."

"He originally came for business but was backstabbed by traitors, namely people like Zhou Xingcai from the Zhou Family."

"After investigation, standing behind the Zhou Family is the Cloud Mountain Sect."

"Behind Cloud Mountain Sect might stand the Demon-slaying Bureau, and behind them perhaps the Defense Department..."

They talked while walking.

The market was noisy after all, so the two found a room to drink tea and sat cross-legged.

Yuchi leaned against the wooden-grain wall, his peripheral vision on the bustling street below.

As he drank tea, he roughly explained his own situation to Song Yinghan, which was similar to what Chen Weiran knew.

As for this so-called secret, those who needed to know already knew, so there wasn’t any actual secret.

Song Yinghan showed no interest in drinking tea; her mask faced the man in front of her directly.