At the same time, Wei Mo and his companions were closely watching the Mother-child Talisman in Young Master Nan's hand, waiting for the response from the coachman.

However, after Shi Chun read the message, he didn't respond. He casually put the Mother-child Talisman away.

The reason was simple. Shi Chun hadn't responded to the previous message from Young Master Nan. Now that Young Master Nan was asking if they could meet, Shi Chun simply chose not to respond again, pretending not to have seen it. With matters at hand, he would deal with it later.

Therefore, there was no response from the Mother-child Talisman in Young Master Nan's hand for a while.

"Hmph." Wei Mo sneered, "This shouldn't be a coincidence, it must be him. Notify the tracking team; we can make our move to capture him."

Young Master Nan sighed inwardly, slowly placing the Mother-child Talisman back on the table.

"Yes."

Just as the attendant beside him was taking the order, Shi Chun again mysteriously took out a Mother-child Talisman to check.

Wei Mo hurriedly raised his hand to halt and said aloud, "Look at what is written on the Mother-child Talisman."

The person controlling the Heavenly Mirror inside the room immediately adjusted the camera angle and zoomed in on the image.

In the dim light, the faint markings on the Mother-child Talisman became even clearer. The clearly visible writing was: Another message, being told, the item is at the old place.

Wei Mo and his group didn't understand the meaning of this message or who sent it.

But Shi Chun knew it was a message from Yin Xu, the proprietress of Zhu Lang Pavilion, recognizing it as the batch of 'Death Refusing Incense' made by Granny Qi was ready, and the item was placed at the usual location for pickup.

It wasn't unexpected. The other party had been sending messages at intervals, and he had guessed as much.

However, for Yin Xu's goodwill and assistance, Shi Chun was both grateful and exasperated. Having fabricated a story about being friends with a powerful elder of the Fox Clan, he had deceived her into helping eagerly, and if pursued, he really didn't know how to explain it to her.

But at this point, surrounded by pitfalls, he could only take advantage of these convenient opportunities where possible. As for future issues, they would be dealt with in due course. Without the present, where would the future be?

He then replied to the message: Okay.

Li Hongjiu glanced at him and snickered, "You seem quite busy."

"Just busywork." Shi Chun brushed it off and, observing his surroundings, continued, "This desolate place doesn't seem like it's inhabited. Even if someone were around, with your antics, they'd only see clouds and fog. Even if there were people around, they wouldn't make out who it is, right?"

Anyway, with his Right Eye Superpower activated, his field of vision showed no one around.

Of course, he understood the concern about the exposure of controlling lightning to destroy the magical treasures of various sects.

In the inn, Wei Mo and his group couldn't decipher the patterns of Shi Chun's communication through the Mother-child Talisman. Young Master Nan attempted to rationalize, "Could it be a coincidence? The messages he saw earlier, could they be from the same person as now? Perhaps I should try sending a message again."

He pointed to the Mother-child Talisman on the table, trying to buy Shi Chun another chance to mislead this side.

As long Shi Chun didn't check the message, there was an opportunity.

And sending the message again could make this possible.

Wei Mo glanced at him, "There's no need for that. Whether it's him or not, we have to confirm on the spot."

He then turned to the attendant and gestured to continue, "Let them go over to confirm face to face. If it's not him, so be it. If the other side refuses to confirm, only then should we capture him."

"Yes." The attendant took his orders and took out the Mother-child Talisman to relay the command.

On the small island battered by waves, Li Hongjiu acknowledged Shi Chun's reasoning that conjuring fog genuinely had a concealing effect.

He didn't want to waste more words and was also curious to see what cultivation technique this rogue in front of him could comprehend.

He gently raised one hand, extended his index finger, and as the water spray struck near his fingertip, it spun and flung away, with faint electric arcs flashing at his fingertip.

The electric arcs were very pronounced in the dim light.

Everyone in front of the inn's mirror noticed, and Wei Mo muttered, "These two traveled a long way, coming here with purpose. Li Hongjiu isn't usually lazy and carefree, is he? It seems that's just an act. What's he planning?"

The sea wind suddenly intensified, and the water spray from the crashing waves started to fly outward, the waves at the island's edge began pushing outwards, crashing against the incoming waves.

Because the mirror image was too zoomed in, the anomaly outside the frame was not visible.

Shi Chun, beside Li Hongjiu, was the first to feel the increasing wind force emanating from Li Hongjiu's fingertip, flapping his clothes wildly, requiring him to use magic to stabilize himself.

Soon, the mirror image became fuzzy.

Naught else could be seen as a whirlwind rose centered on the island, visibly spinning a spiraling water column, swiftly obscuring the image of the Heavenly Mirror.

As the thickening mist obscured the view, those in front of the mirror, including Wei Mo, felt perplexed.

The one controlling the mirror quickly zoomed out, but it was still a foggy scene. Zooming out further, it remained a scene of confusion.

Only after zooming out to a great distance did they see the full form of a tornado, and its scale and momentum were noticeably increasing.

"What are they doing?" Wei Mo curiously muttered.

Although I didn't completely grasp the whole process, I can judge that it should be Li Hongjiu's spellcasting.

The attendant beside him checked the message on the Mother-child Talisman and immediately reported to Wei Mo: "Sir, the men have already arrived. They too noticed the tornado and are asking if they should act now."

Wei Mo pondered deeply.

Young Master Nan chuckled, "How about we first see what they're doing before making a move?"

If he hadn't opened his mouth, Wei Mo genuinely wanted to do just that, to observe first. However, after such a suggestion, Wei Mo felt it was unwise and immediately ordered, "What they're doing doesn't matter, completing the task is the priority. If it's confirmed that the coachman is Shi Chun, once caught, it'll be easy to make them speak, let's take action."

Finished, Young Master Nan inwardly smiled bitterly, knowing that once confirmed, Shi Chun is bound to be exposed and captured.

He felt quite helpless; he didn't want to betray a friend, but felt he had no choice, blaming the encounter with opponents that he couldn't withstand.

However, he truly felt guilty towards Shi Chun, as this recurring act of betrayal was unprecedented; Shi Chun indeed made him wealthy repeatedly, yet he repaid with betrayals, which even the Demon Path wouldn't resort to, feeling deeply ashamed.

Nevertheless, he was truly helpless.

"Yes," the attendant received the order, picked up the Mother-child Talisman again to send the command.

Within the hurricane, Shi Chun felt like floating in a dream, being lifted along with Li Hongjiu, getting carried up through the hollow center of the whirlwind.

While surveying around, Shi Chun's expression suddenly darkened as his Right Eye Superpower saw figures approaching and hovering not far away.

He didn't know whether they were people who coincidentally saw the commotion, or those who came after them.

If it's the former, it wouldn't matter much, but if it's the latter, it could get troublesome.

Not worried about other issues, rather fearing something might have happened to Wu Jinliang.

As he felt he was acting like a thief, knowing he was on the edge against those powerful forces, extremely cautious while moving around, having Wu Jinliang hide on their path to observe beforehand, in case someone followed, to promptly inform.

Now that people arrived, Wu Jinliang didn't inform him, does it mean something happened to Wu Jinliang?

He immediately took out the Mother-child Talisman to contact Wu Jinliang for confirmation.

Li Hongjiu glanced at him, also noticed his abnormal reaction, and asked, "What are you up to again, being mysterious?"

His hands didn't stop, indicating a multi-tasking intention.

He was closely watching Shi Chun, preventing him as in his view, as long as he guarded against this guy, there shouldn't be major issues.

Shi Chun gestured towards the newcomers, "A group of people arrived, not sure if they followed us or are locals."

Li Hongjiu glanced over, surprised, only to see the whirlwind with its massive rotating force, unable to see anything due to the water vapor, not considering any spell induction under such overwhelming power.

He felt his cultivation should be higher than this rascal, no reason for this rascal to sense things while he couldn't.

His first thought was to guard against Shi Chun's tricks, second thought was to verify, slightly modifying his technique controlling the whirlwind, immediately causing the mist in the wind column to slowly form gaps.

Wu Jinliang, upon receiving the message, promptly replied: I'm fine, and haven't seen anyone following.

Seeing no issue with the included code, Shi Chun immediately sent a message asking: Who is your godmother?

Wu Jinliang understood what he meant, and countered: Which godmother?

Alright, Shi Chun breathed a sigh of relief, basically confirming that Wu Jinliang should be okay.

Just as suspected, there shouldn't have been any problem, those tracking him were likely pursuing from above, hardly discovering someone hidden on the ground easily.

Meanwhile, the visual gap in the water vapor wind column had formed, showing the external scene in Shi Chun's indicated direction. Li Hongjiu looked closely and felt ghostly presence as indeed, there were around ten people floating in the air.

Shi Chun also witnessed, his heart sank, they weren't demon cultivators.

Li Hongjiu still didn't believe it was sensed by Shi Chun and asked, "Shi Chun, are these people you summoned?"

Shi Chun misunderstood his meaning and shook his head, "Probably not; I had Wu Jinliang lying in ambush observing our path, just contacted him, he didn't discover anyone following us, perhaps you were right, maybe it's people from nearby drawn by the commotion."

"…" Li Hongjiu was speechless, thinking, is that what I meant?

His real intention was whether these were people Shi Chun arranged to counter him.

Yet after Shi Chun said that, he found it hard to express candid emotions, speaking further seemed small-minded.

Moreover, he felt even if Shi Chun were deceitful, there wasn't a need to target him specifically as there was no gain.

Suddenly, among the hovering ten or so, the leader released a powerful wave of Mana, probing inside the wind column, awareness of target position acquired, then traversed like arrows leaving the bowstring.

As they shot towards, it appeared like fleeting splashes on the wind column.

One after another, forcefully piercing through the wind column, swiftly arriving inside, hovering before Shi Chun and Li Hongjiu.

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