Chapter 2601 — The Quiet Trouble
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After the secret discussion, Elder You reported their deductions to Tian Canbian. But when Tian Canbian heard that Han Jingyi was Leader Bai's student, he hesitated. This was not something he could decide on his own; he could only report it further to his grandfather, passed up the chain layer by layer.
Elder Tian held another identity: he was that place's spokesman at the ancient level, and thus knew a little more. So the matter of Leader Bai's student gave him a headache as well. He could only keep reporting upward, until it reached Ancestor Xuanchen himself.
You Panhu never imagined that their coveting of Han Jingyi's materials would alarm the people of that place. Ancestor Xuanchen listened to Elder Tian's report, his expression shifting unpredictably. Zhang Lifeng's pill-refining notes? What a treasure that was! Granted, Han Jingyi was Leader Bai's student—but what if it were done discreetly?
At that thought, Ancestor Xuanchen immediately summoned his second senior brother, Ancestor Xuanzhen.
"Second Brother, take a look at this intelligence reported up from the ancient Mystic Pill Sect." Ancestor Xuanchen handed the documents in his hand to Ancestor Xuanzhen.
"Oh? News from the Mystic Pill Sect?" Ancestor Xuanzhen took the documents and read them carefully. But halfway through, his expression shifted slightly. "Zhang Lifeng's pill-refining notes?"
"Indeed. The pill-refining notes of Zhang Lifeng, the Pill God—and the founding patriarch of our second master!" Ancestor Xuanchen nodded.
"You mean we should get these notes back? But this Han Jingyi is Leader Bai's disciple..." Ancestor Xuanzhen hesitated. His pill-refining skill surpassed Ancestor Xuanchen's, and his pursuit of the craft was greater too—but when he saw Han Jingyi's status, he drew back.
"Disciple? She's merely a student—an ordinary teacher-student relationship, nothing more," Ancestor Xuanchen said with a smile. "And by the look of it, this student has kept it hidden. The Leader doesn't know she has Zhang Lifeng's notes. Besides, Zhang Lifeng is the founding patriarch of our second master. Taking these notes back is only natural, wouldn't you say?"
"True enough in principle, but this does involve the Leader..." Ancestor Xuanzhen still hesitated.
"How about this—aren't we just about to go seek the enemy who wounded Tagan Long? We can take a detour and look for this Han Jingyi along the way. If we find her, we take her notes in passing; if not, we let it go. What do you say?" Ancestor Xuanchen suggested.