"What on earth?"
The speaker, doubting his hearing due to perhaps frequenting certain pleasure quarters too often, asked again.
"The bait wasn't cast. That little Taoist's mount stopped it."
One of the Cultivators in the horse leading duo placed the Communication Jade Token intended for Jin Xu on the stone platform and timidly repeated what he had just said.
Then, he succinctly and quickly recounted the events that had transpired below the high platform.
By the stone mill.
The interrogating figure was stunned for a moment after hearing the account from his companion.
Then he sighed deeply, "Ah—well, it's better that it wasn't sent." He then suddenly raised his head, his hawk-like gaze fixing sharply on the two, and demanded, "Speaking of which, you didn't slip up in anything, did you?"
"Brother Li, rest assured, definitely not. We even made three rounds back here to make sure we weren't followed before coming to report to you.
