Chapter 316: The Secret Letter

"Wait for me. I’m coming too."

Finally, following the paper talisman figure, they managed to track their target.

However, when Bai He saw the talisman pinned to a tree with a dagger, his entire mood soured.

"Master, we’ve been discovered."

What nonsense.

He could already see that for himself.

It seemed that the man was not stupid at all.

"Master, then what should we do now?"

Xu Feng asked him.

But if Xu Feng was asking him, then who was he supposed to ask?

Bai He let out a helpless sigh.

Only then did Ma Hongjun finally catch up to them.

"Why were you two running so fast?"

"We may have run fast, but we still weren’t faster than him. Let’s go back. That fellow is far too cunning. He saw through our little trick a long time ago."

He had been full of hope, only for all of it to vanish in an instant.

One could easily imagine how Bai He felt at that moment.

"Elder Bai He, are you certain that person is the one who took my master away?"

"If you put it that way, I never actually saw your master, so naturally I cannot say for certain whether he is responsible. But think about it. A demon appearing in Qingluan Manor this late at night. What good could possibly come from that?"

For no reason at all, he had come running into someone else’s home in the middle of the night.

If there was not something suspicious in his heart, who would believe it?

Ma Hongjun took the dagger down from the tree.

There seemed to be a very strange emblem engraved on the dagger.

"Perhaps we can use this dagger to track down that person’s whereabouts."

"You know whose symbol this is?"

Ma Hongjun shook his head.

"I don’t know."

The fact that he answered so quickly without hesitation left Bai He speechless.

He had never seen someone so shameless.

"But this dagger is not made from ordinary materials, and its craftsmanship is extremely refined. Look."

Ma Hongjun pressed a button on the dagger, and only then did they realize that what looked like an ordinary dagger actually concealed a remarkable secret.

The dagger transformed into an exceptionally sharp longsword.

It appeared to have been forged from Auric Ink Ore.

"You mean this is made from the Auric Ink Ore that was discovered decades ago, and of which only a small piece was ever found?"

"Yes. It seems Elder Bai He is not spending every day idling around in Lingguang Sect after all. You actually know quite a lot of things."

Bai He had only read about it in books.

As for the details, he did not know very much.

"Don’t look at me. I certainly don’t know where it came from. Anyway, it definitely wasn’t in Lingguang Sect."

"I know it wasn’t in Lingguang Sect. Elder Bai He, please take out the Reveal Glass. I want to use it right now."

Ma Hongjun’s tone was extremely serious.

After Bai He took out the Reveal Glass, he explained roughly how it was used.

The more difficult the target was to locate, the greater the amount of cultivation power that would be consumed.

Before the Reveal Glass was activated, it would first inform the user how much cultivation power would be required.

Bai He stood to the side and watched as Ma Hongjun performed the technique.

Before long, an image appeared on the surface of the mirror.

The scene shown in the mirror was completely unfamiliar to Bai He.

However, Ma Hongjun seemed to recognize it immediately.

"Ma Hongjun, do you know where that place is?"

"Thank you, Elder Bai He, for lending me the Reveal Glass. I already know where it is."

After saying that, Ma Hongjun then left.

As Bai He put the Reveal Glass away, he could not help feeling somewhat helpless.

It was obvious that Ma Hongjun simply did not want to say anything.

"Master, isn’t he being a little too rude? He just left like that."

"There must be some secret involved. If he doesn’t want to tell us, then forget it. If he needs help, he will come and ask me."

...

The next morning, early at dawn.

Bai He had rested fairly well.

Only...

Ma Hongjun was nowhere to be seen.

He was not in the courtyard and in his room there was only a letter.

The general contents of the letter were that he had already discovered where the Manor Master of Qingluan Manor was.

After returning the previous night, he had waited until they were asleep and then secretly gone off by himself to search for him.

That was right, secretly.

Because when Bai He and Xu Feng returned the previous night, Bai He had even asked Xu Feng to secretly check on Ma Hongjun.

At that time, Ma Hongjun had still been in his room.

Xu Feng leaned his head closer.

"Master, let’s go back. I have never seen someone like this before. He is simply too much."

Bai He folded up the letter and put it away.

"Mm, let’s go back."

His mood clearly did not look very good.

When they left Qingluan Manor and headed down the mountain, no one stopped them.

Bai He walked rather slowly and Xu Feng followed behind him.

"Master, why aren’t we using spiritual power to return?"

"I want to walk for a while. Xiao Feng, if one day I die, will you be sad?"

Xu Feng walked to Bai He’s side.

He did not quite understand why Bai He would suddenly say something like that.

Although it felt completely out of nowhere, he still answered.

"Master, stop joking. Who would curse themselves to die?"

"I’m serious. I’m not joking with you. Have you seen the wound on my hand? It’s like a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment. Once it explodes, I’ll be gone."

Xu Feng’s brows furrowed slightly as he tried to process Bai He’s words.