Qing Yu did not head directly back to his residence because he had noticed that two sneaky people had followed him.
These two individuals had started tailing Qing Yu right after he left the stall. They thought their tracking skills were excellent and that Qing Yu had not detected them, yet they were unaware that not only had Qing Yu noticed them, but he also used the Power of Thought to conjure their images in his mind.
If Qing Yu was not mistaken, these must be the ninjas sent by the man who claimed to be "Ping Er" from Japan. Landing on the ball of the foot before the heel, they reduced the sound of footsteps to an extreme minimum.
Such a method of movement, similar to that of a thief, was a habitual action of Japanese ninjas.
Qing Yu, who had clashed with Japanese ninjas before, knew this to be an ingrained habit of theirs.
