Chapter 853 - A Piece of Information (1/2)
Ma Zhi Wu almost heaved a sigh of relief but he held back at the last moment. He couldn't let Xian Xun see just how important contacting Nian Hong Fang was to him or that bastard might go back on his word after all. He just was like that. ”So what do you want to know?”
Xian Xun observed Ma Zhi Wu's expression. Seeing him stay calm, he leaned back as if not caring any longer. ”There are two things I want to know first: Do you know the disciple of Grandmaster Zhangsun and do you know about an array of your Yun Zou Sect?”
”I do.” That alone shouldn't give anything away, right?
”Then what can you tell me about these two things?”
Ma Zhi Wu's eyes narrowed. This was the moment where he had to be careful not to say too much. Each sentence he uttered might determine his future. He couldn't give away too much but he had to make Xian Xun believe that he knew enough to make this worthwhile for him.
”I met the Grandmaster's disciple shortly after the Gathering of Practitioners. As for the array, it leads to another dimension.”
”What kind of dimension?”
Ma Zhi Wu just smiled. ”I won't say more than that until I have Nian Hong Fang's answer.”
Xian Xun stared at him. ”Don't you feel that this is too little? What makes you think I would let you contact him if you are only willing to divulge this much?”
”We agreed that I would give you a bit of information before writing my letter and then the rest of what I know after getting his response. Since I don't know what it is that you want to know …” And anyway, he didn't know much. He had only met Qiu Ling once and the few things he had heard about him since then would be hardly enough to be worth Xian Xun's time. If he let him find out about that, he wouldn't have any chance to get away from here.
The Sect Master drummed the table. ”I'm sure you can imagine that this is a little too vague for me to trust in you.”
”Then how about asking another question? I'm sure you can think of something.” Whatever it was the Chun Feng Sect was after this time, there couldn't just be these two questions. After all, finding out about the Grandmaster's disciple shouldn't be too difficult considering his position. Even if nobody in the Yun Zou Sect was willing to talk about it, the other sects would definitely want to gossip if they felt that they could make trouble for them.
That array might be more difficult but it was something they'd still need to investigate for themselves in the end. After all, none of the disciples had ever entered the dimension on the other side. Even he had only been told briefly by his Master and no further information had been given even when he asked.
In that case, there had to be other things if Xian Xun and Liu Cheng lowered themselves to come and ask him specifically. If they could get the relevant information in another manner, they certainly would have done so.
Xian Xun continued to tap the table. Liu Cheng would probably be able to ask more specific questions considering what he had seen so maybe he should let him handle this. But he also didn't want to alarm Ma Zhi Wu to anything he might try to hide because of that. It was best if they could gain more information from him. Then there seemed to be only one thing he could ask. ”Do you know about a person with golden hair that resides in the Yun Zou Sect?”