Chapter 1104 - 920: Return to the Owner_2

He immediately went back to check the box. After confirming there was nothing particularly unusual with a technique, he opened it and the first thing he saw was a silver token. The patterns on the token were familiar to him; they were the iconic patterns of their Wuyu Trading House with the words "Wuyu" embossed.

It should undoubtedly be their Wuyu Trading House's token, and judging by its design, it seemed to be of a high specification.

Inside, there was also a piece of paper with four somewhat irregular characters written on it: "Return to the original owner!"

The doorman dared not delay and immediately ran inside to hand over the items to the steward.

The steward was shocked at the sight of the token. This was no ordinary token; it belonged to Young Master Nan, the head of Wuyu Trading House. Seeing this token was tantamount to seeing Young Master Nan himself, as it was his emblem, thus Young Master Nan wouldn't give this item to someone lightly.

Looking at the four-character phrase "Return to the original owner," he immediately asked about the situation in detail. After listening, he couldn't understand what the sender meant and dared not delay, so he instructed the doorman, "Do not speak of this matter to anyone."

He vaguely suspected that this might be related to the sudden strange event in the city.

Having dismissed the doorman, he prepared briefly and urgently left Refining Heaven City…

The inn frequently had people coming and going, not to mention it was not just the shopkeeper and that attendant, there were also other chefs and odd-job workers. The matter of the deaths was quickly discovered, and soon alerted the City Guard. The inn was immediately sealed off for investigation.

Afterward, quite a few people from the Refining Heaven Sect also came to inspect and inquire.

At sunset, Situ Zhen also arrived, wandered floor by floor, room by room, and then sat upstairs, gazing at the sunset outside the window.

As the city lights flickered to life, the masked person Situ Zhen had met by the lake earlier returned, but this time without a mask, appearing with a changed face.

He approached Situ Zhen, bowed respectfully, and said, "Investigated, all the guests or people who have left have generally been tracked according to traces. Confirmed no blind person, no injuries. Only one guest registered on the second floor is unaccounted for, and the Demon Eye couldn't find any traces of departure, quite strange."

Situ Zhen's lips slightly curled into a smile, "The Divine Sense Technique used on the lake also left no energy traces; it seems to be that guest without a doubt. I knew that technique looked familiar, even knew how to conceal energy traces avoiding the Demon Eye, it appears to be a fellow practitioner. Even back in the day, there were very few who mastered this technique in Demon Path..."

Realizing it was likely a Demon Cultivator, she felt somewhat relieved.

The visitor was curious and asked, "What kind of skill is it?"

Situ Zhen replied, "A technique where one might vanish completely if slightly careless after practicing it, making revival exceedingly difficult—it's a technique built on risking lives, even I, in the past, didn't have the mental state or realm to dare try cultivating it. Unbelievable that during this decline period of Demon Path, someone reckless mastered it, no wonder they could endure pain and calmly destroy evidence after my God-slaying Technique. Indeed, such mental fortitude and resilience are extraordinary. Once this technique is mastered, it's immensely useful. We must find this person, they could be of great use..."

Turning slowly, she asked, "What does that guest look like?"

The visitor hesitated and said, "Unknown, no one at the inn can describe clearly. With constant comings and goings, they couldn't recall if they'd seen them or not. The attendant and shopkeeper might have seen them, but with them dead, it seems they were deliberately silenced, and the name on the registration is likely fake."

Situ Zhen's eyes showed confusion, muttering, "Skillful, obviously a seasoned hand, shouldn't be an unknown person. Does such a figure exist in the current Three Sects?"

The visitor replied, "Certainly no such person within our sect as you've described."

Situ Zhen: "Immediately control Xun Gate, he likely hasn't left yet. Hit by my God-slaying Technique, he won't heal his Divine Sense wounds; the injuries will only worsen. Keep searching, we must find him!"

"Yes," the visitor respectfully accepted the order.

Within the Commander Mansion of Heavenly Domain Dingnan Prefecture, Shi Chun, who had just returned not long ago, was sought out by the hastily arriving Wu Jinliang.

Not for anything else, but Wu Jinliang was curious why the Phoenix Clan supported this side to become Domain Master, and also about the matter of having Chai Wenwu take people to the West Niu to introduce industries. How such a major matter was entrusted to Chai Wenwu?

As they discussed this with Wu Jinliang, Shi Chun suddenly knitted his brows slightly, took out a Mother-child Talisman to inspect it, and the contents caused his expression to become somewhat unusual.

The sender wasn't anyone else but the red-clothed woman from Dazhi City, who he had an affair with, saying she had come to Dingnan Prefecture and was in the city, inviting him to meet secretly.

Meeting with this woman, he had mixed feelings of liking and fear—liking to meet her, yet afraid of her endless demands.

But indeed, there was a need to meet with her; regarding introducing the industry in West Niu, it couldn't rely solely on Chai Wenwu and his team. If he could have the red-clothed woman help through her uncle, perhaps there would be some gains.

Just as he was about to reply, Feng Chi suddenly came to report, "Sir, Young Master Nan is here, saying he has some matters with you."

This was merely a heads-up that Young Master Nan had the privilege to enter first.

Hence, Shi Chun put away the Mother-child Talisman, intending to contact the red-clothed woman later, as Young Master Nan's sudden arrival must be for some important matter.

He was just thinking about asking Young Master Nan how the borrowing money issue was going—how much had been borrowed.

Soon, Young Master Nan arrived in a hurry, exchanged nods with Feng Chi as he left.

Wu Jinliang chuckled, "What's up? Why so hurried?"

"You're here too," Young Master Nan greeted, then took out a silver token directly handing it to Shi Chun, "Brother Chun, isn't this the token you asked for? How did it end up in Beiju Continent?"

Shi Chun received it and examined it. No doubt, it was what he asked Young Master Nan for, specifically for Yu Xuanbing.

The main reason is that Yu Xuanbing is used to being a lone wolf, and Shi Chun feared if something happened, he'd have no support, so when he gave Yu Xuanbing this token, he told him that if he ever needed assistance, he could seek help from the people at Wuyu Trading House with it.

Initially, Yu Xuanbing was unwilling to accept it, fearing it might have tracking capabilities. Truly, this assassin was overly cautious, but with Shi Chun's persuasion, explaining it was different from assassination and realizing there was no need for people to track him, he finally accepted it as a contingency.

After seeing the token, Shi Chun nodded, "Yes, indeed, it went to Beiju Continent?"

Young Master Nan already handed over another piece of paper, "And it came with a note, what's this about? Who did you give the token to?"

Shi Chun took the paper and opened it; Wu Jinliang also leaned over, seeing the four irregular characters "Return to the original owner."

Shi Chun immediately sensed something was wrong, as he'd given it to Yu Xuanbing, and with Yu Xuanbing's personality, he wouldn't transfer it lightly; surely something had happened. He promptly asked, "Brother Nan, how did you acquire this?"

Young Master Nan explained, "It was returned to me by the steward at the branch in Refining Heaven City, Beiju Continent, saying someone suddenly tossed it into the branch gate, and the steward there saw nobody who threw it. Upon seeing the note 'Return to the original owner' on the inside, not daring to delay, they quickly returned it to me."

"Refining Heaven City?" Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang both expressed puzzledly, neither unfamiliar with the name, both having been there—it's the city beneath the Refining Heaven Sect's mountain.

Young Master Nan nodded, "Yes, it's Refining Heaven City at Refining Heaven Sect. By the way, that steward also mentioned something, said when leaving, there seemed to be an event occurring at Refining Heaven City, Xun Gate's entry and exit were strictly controlled, every person coming in or going out was thoroughly checked, it was said they were looking for some blind person. Does this have anything to do with you?"

"Blind person?" Wu Jinliang was bewildered; he didn't know what tasks Shi Chun had assigned to Yu Xuanbing.

Shi Chun furrowed his brows, increasingly realizing something must have happened, Yu Xuanbing must be sending him a message of some sort.

He immediately said to Young Master Nan, "Brother Nan, go find Feng Chi, rest here temporarily. Wu and I have some urgent business to attend to, we'll discuss further later."

Then, without minding Young Master Nan's confusion, he hurriedly left with Wu Jinliang, secretly leaving the official residence and heading straight to Yuling Mountain.