Chapter 266 - Betraying a Spy (1/2)

Qiguan Cheng Da was fuming. He couldn't believe this! He had attained heavenly spirit veins, become a disciple of the inner sect and it was only a matter of time until one of the elders would make him his disciple and yet a puny outer sect disciple dared to make him wait?!

He once again hit the wall next to him. He'd pay him back for this! He plucked another petal from the flower, prepared to write his honest thoughts down. Before his spiritual energy could even touch the petal, it flew out of his hand though.

Qiguan Cheng Da frowned and looked up. Not far from him stood a man in a black robe and curiously eyed the petal.

”Not bad, not bad.”

”Who are you? What do you want?”

The man lifted his brows and slowly smiled. ”I'm called Xiao Li. Naturally, I'm a member of the Hei Dian Sect. But don't worry. I won't give away that you're here.”

Qiguan Cheng Da tilted his head. ”What do you mean?” This guy was obviously a heretic practitioner. Shouldn't he be attacking him already? Why had he even waited until he was noticed?

”I saw quite a few of these petals flying around in our sect grounds. Strangely enough, they all landed on the same window sill.”

”Oh? So you want me to rat out our spy?” Qiguan Cheng Da smiled. There was nothing he'd rather do more! But as soon as he told that guy he might really attack and he didn't know how strong he was. He had to observe him for a while and get a feeling for him before he told him anything.

Xiao Li smiled, threw the petal back at Qiguan Cheng Da and sat down. ”No need to worry. I don't really care if someone is spying on the sect. Even if they got this one, there'd be another one soon. Maybe there are already a hundred spies in the sect. We'll never get everyone.”

”Then what do you want?”

”Well, I'm actually interested in one of the people living in the house where that petal landed. Might that be the person you tried to message?”

”I've never been here before. How would I know where the houses are and who lives in them?”

”Mn, that's true …” Xiao Li narrowed his eyes. ”It's a boy, about sixteen or seventeen years of age.”

Qiguan Cheng Da slightly lifted his brows. That sounded a lot like Zhong Jing Yi. Maybe this was the chance he had waited for?

”Did you think of something?”

”Maybe. But how could I tell you? You're a heretic practitioner. You might try to kill him.”

”Ah, I wouldn't do that. I'm just … tasked with finding out some things.”