Uncovered Secrets

Arriving at the hotel gate, Lin Qing raised his hand to stop Anping and Gu Yuena who wanted to follow him. He said, "Okay, we're here. You came here to travel, right? There's no need to follow me around. What can possibly happen during the day? I've been missing for so many days and I need to go to the company first."

He left without looking back, leaving Anping and Gu Yuena behind. Gu Yuena turned to Anping and asked, "What should we do now? Are you going to follow him?"

Anping shook his head slightly and said, "No, I've already found the person who was following Uncle Lin. I didn't expect him to be an acquaintance. Let's go and meet him."

As Lin Qing walked away, Anping scanned the area around the hotel. He soon spotted someone he knew.

Gu Yuena asked doubtfully, "An acquaintance? Xie Xie?"

She had sensed a trace of the Golden Dragon King's aura on Lin Qing, but she hadn't noticed Tang Wulin's aura nearby. She immediately thought of Xie Xie, who had joined the Tang Sect with Tang Wulin.

She released her mental power to investigate. After a while, she found another acquaintance. She exclaimed, "Xu Xiaoyan! I didn't expect that she also joined the Tang Sect."

She looked at Xu Xiaoyan's position and saw her standing in front of a breakfast stall, pretending to buy breakfast. She was actually keeping an eye on Lin Qing.

She hadn't seen Anping and Gu Yuena, because Anping had cast a spell on them as soon as he discovered Xu Xiaoyan, making her subconsciously ignore their existence.

"With Xu Xiaoyan's talent, I'm surprised that Wu Zhangkong didn't invite her to join the Tang Sect. Let's go and say hello." Anping said, holding Gu Yuena's hand and walking towards Xu Xiaoyan.

Xu Xiaoyan felt someone tapping her shoulder and was startled. She turned around and said, "Who is it?"

She saw Anping and Gu Yuena releasing the spell, and her expression became a little unnatural.

Her mission goal was somewhat related to Anping, and the Tang Sect's mission had given her some information about the personnel involved.

She knew that Anping and Gu Yuena were in Heaven Dou City, but she didn't expect to be discovered so soon.

Xu Xiaoyan recovered from her shock and showed a bright smile. She said, "Sister Nana, you're also in Heaven Dou City. What a coincidence."

Gu Yuena said angrily, "Yeah, what a coincidence. Come on, let's go have a chat, shall we?"

"No, no, no, I have something else to do. Let's talk next time. Let's talk next time." Xu Xiaoyan quickly waved her hand to refuse. She still had a task to complete.

Gu Yuena smiled and said, "Then let's talk about what you want to do, how about that?"

Xu Xiaoyan looked a little embarrassed and shook her head vigorously. She said, "This is the Tang Sect's mission. I can't tell you."

Gu Yuena said, "Really? Do you think you can escape from both of us?"

She put his hand on Xu Xiaoyan's shoulder, and a silver space enveloped the three of them in a flash. They disappeared from the spot, leaving the breakfast seller stunned and confused.

They reappeared in the living room of Anping and Gu Yuena's suite. Xu Xiaoyan looked around and realized that her mission had failed. She sighed and said, "What do you want to know? I can't tell you anything."

"There's only one question. Are you following Uncle Lin?" Anping asked. He had a strong suspicion that this matter was related to the Tang Sect, but he needed to confirm it.

Xu Xiaoyan nodded and said, "You mean Lin Qing, right? Yes, I'm following him. I can't say more. The Tang Sect missions are all confidential. I didn't expect to run into you here."

Anping nodded and said, "I can't let it go. But it's not a big deal. You can leave."

Xu Xiaoyan was surprised and said, "Can I leave?"

She didn't expect that Anping and Gu Yuena would bring her here and let her go after asking such a trivial question. She thought they would interrogate her about the details of the mission.

Anping explained, "Uncle Lin is my old neighbor. I was just curious. Since you can't tell, we won't ask any more. You can go on with your business."

There was nothing else to ask. Anping had figured out the gist of the situation. He could make a rough guess without Xu Xiaoyan's help.

Xu Xiaoyan felt embarrassed to be caught following someone. She didn't care what Anping and Gu Yuena were thinking. She still had a mission to complete, so she said goodbye and left quickly.

After Xu Xiaoyan left, Gu Yuena asked doubtfully, "Why didn't you ask her why she was following Uncle Lin?"

Anping shook his head and said, "It wasn't necessary. I just wanted to make sure it was really related to the Tang Sect. It was only a guess before. Now that I know the Tang Sect is behind it, I also know why."

Gu Yuena pulled Anping to the sofa and said with interest, "Oh? Then tell me why."

Anping took out the tea set and tea leaves and explained while making tea, "If I'm right, the reason why Uncle Lin and the others had this incident was just a coincidence, and it was also a test for us."

"Coincidence? Testing?" Gu Yuena was puzzled and didn't understand how it could be both a coincidence and a test.

Anping explained, "As I told you before, countless people go to the Sunset Forest every year to try their luck. It was just a coincidence that we met Uncle Lin before he went to the Sunset Forest. We are member of the Spirit Pagoda."

"They might suspect that the Spirit Pagoda has found something, but they are not sure. That's why they erased the memories of Uncle Lin and the others to test our reactions and see if we have really discovered something."

"After all, our master is Leng Yaozhu, the deputy tower master of the Spirit Pagoda. They don't dare to attack us directly before they confirm whether we know their secret. They can only use this method to test us, which is an invisible threat."

"Even sending Xu Xiaoyan to follow Uncle Lin might be part of their testing. On one hand, they are testing our attitude, and on the other hand, they are testing Xu Xiaoyan's loyalty to the Tang Sect. It's like killing two birds with one stone."

Gu Yuena understood what Anping said and asked, "But what does it have to do with Xu Xiaoyan?"

Anping nodded and said, "Don't you think that Xu Xiaoyan is close to you? Besides, the relationship between the Tang Sect and the Spirit Pagoda seems to be somewhat distant, so they wanted to test Xu Xiaoyan."

"The intrigues among these big forces are really complicated." Gu Yuena sighed as she spoke.

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