nucmednet Chapter 431 Strange Hair
Chapter 431 Strange Hair
"How long has it been?" Ye Qing'an asked.
"Huh?" Jiuxiao looked completely bewildered. "What? What?"
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to beat him up: "Tell me, how long has it been since the butler entered this room?"
"About half an hour later, after you left, he talked with Ye Zirui for a while and then went back to his room."
More than half an hour...
Ye Qing'an bit her lip. Although there is a teleportation technique in the Xuanling Arts, the teleportation distance is very short. She probably couldn't even leave this courtyard. Jiu Xiao had people guarding this place. If the steward really used the teleportation technique, he would probably be discovered.
If it's not teleportation, then such inexplicable disappearance can only be caused by one thing: summoning.
Ye Qing'an raised her eyes: "Does the steward have any spirit beasts? The kind that can use summoning spells."
“I haven’t seen it.” Jiu Xiao thought carefully and shook his head with certainty: “Anyway, I’ve been following that steward for so long and I’ve never seen any living spirit beasts around him, and I haven’t heard anyone else in the manor mention them either, so there shouldn’t be any.”
"However, perhaps the steward doesn't want anyone to know he has a spirit beast, so he keeps it in a secluded place. Who knows?"
Ye Qing'an responded, "If he has a spirit beast, but we don't know what a spirit beast is or where it is, tracking his whereabouts will probably not be an easy task. After all, the summoning array for spirit beasts is indeed very useful."
Jiuxiao nodded, but then suddenly looked up at Ye Qing'an: "So I think I'm not completely useless, right? At least I can still use the summoning circle for you."
"..." She was still thinking about what she had said in the carriage earlier.
"Mmm-hmm." Ye Qing'an replied perfunctorily, "You're useful, you're extremely useful."
Jiuxiao was satisfied: "Although I don't know where the steward's spirit beast is, I think we should still keep an eye on him. If the steward really has a spirit beast, and we keep a close watch on him, he will eventually give us some clues, right?"
"Okay." Ye Qing'an nodded. "Be careful."
Ye Qing'an paced back and forth in the steward's room several times, her gaze landing on the steward's bed, before she slowly walked over.
The bedding on the butler's bed was a bit messy. Ye Qing'an glanced at it and was about to leave when she noticed two white hairs on the bed.
Ye Qing'an picked up the two hairs and examined them carefully for a long time.
It can be concluded that this is definitely not human hair...
But why would it appear on the butler's bed?
Ye Qing'an's gaze paused slightly. Could this be the fur of the steward's spirit beast?
Could it be that the spirit beast also rests on this bed at night?
"what is this?"
Jiuxiao leaned closer and sniffed the fur: "A fox?"
Ye Qing'an turned her head: "A fox?"
Jiuxiao nodded, his expression resolute: "Didn't I tell you before? I encountered a fox a while ago, so I'm quite familiar with the scent of foxes. Although these are just two hairs, I'm certain that they are fox fur."
Ye Qing'an lowered her eyes to look at the two hairs in her hand, then conjured a book and put the two hairs into it.
Why are you keeping these two fox furs?
Ye Qing'an glanced at Jiu Xiao: "Why do you think there are two fox hairs on the steward's bed?"
Jiuxiao blinked: "He's having an affair with a vixen?"
"..."
Seeing Ye Qing'an's complicated expression, Jiu Xiao quickly said, "I know, I know, it must be his mysterious spirit beast, that cunning fox."
Perhaps.
Ye Qing'an silently surveyed the room: "Let's go."
Jiuxiao responded and quickly disappeared. Then, he used a summoning spell to bring Ye Qing'an back into the carriage.
Only Shen Qingdai was in the carriage. Ye Qing'an raised his eyebrows and heard Shen Qingdai say, "Young Master said that riding in a carriage was too boring, so he went to Yunmeng Dreamland to cultivate."
Ye Qing'an responded and looked up at Shen Qingdai: "You said before that the Fire Glory Pavilion has more than 6,000 people, distributed all over the world, hiding in the world under various identities to gather information?"
"Yes."
Ye Qing'an ran her fingers through her sleeve: "In the more than ten years since the emergence of the Nine Yuan Supreme, news from the Fire Radiance Pavilion has never stopped?"
"It has never stopped."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "When the time comes, I will have my spirit beast compile information from the past ten years or so and move it to the Cloud Dream Realm. I can take a look when I have nothing to do."
"Alright," Shen Qingdai replied, "I'll have someone tidy it up as soon as I get down."
"And the booklets that record the daily affairs of Huohuang Pavilion in recent years, I have also asked someone to prepare them, and I will send them to the young lady together."
Ye Qing'an replied, "Okay."
Shen Qingdai thought for a moment and then said, "Or perhaps there are some things that Your Highness wants to investigate. This servant can have someone organize the content that Your Highness is interested in into a slightly more detailed form."
Ye Qing'an narrowed his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Let's compile the information about the four great families in a bit more detail."
"Yes."
Although Ye Qing'an had taken over Huohuang Pavilion, she didn't know much about it. She tapped her fingers lightly on the low table: "You must already know quite well about Ye Qinghao's disappearance."
"Yes."
“Ye Qinghao is not really missing, nor did he really fall into the Monster Forest. Have someone help me find out where Ye Qinghao is now.”
Ye Qing'an curled her fingers slightly: "If the people of Huohuang Pavilion discover Ye Qinghao's whereabouts, find a way to take him away and imprison him."
"Yes."
Ye Qing'an thought for a moment, and since there seemed to be nothing else to instruct, he waved his hand and entered the Cloud Dream Realm.
Just as Granny Wei had predicted, they arrived at a town when it was almost completely dark. The guards had already booked an inn in the town.
Ye Qing got off the carriage and looked around.
In the small town, there are bluestone roads, and shops and houses on both sides of the street.
Perhaps because it was already completely dark, there were hardly any people on the streets of the town.
Only a few inns had lanterns casting a dim yellow light in front of them.
"Please come in, miss. We've already prepared your room." The waiter was waiting at the door.
Ye Qing'an responded, entered the inn, and went upstairs.
The waiter led Ye Qing'an to the innermost room on the second floor: "Miss's guards said that Miss has a child with her. I thought that since you have a child and are traveling, it would be best to stay in a quieter room, so I chose this room for you."
Ye Qing'an responded and stepped inside.
The waiter wanted to follow, but Qingdai quickly handed him a piece of silver and sent him away.
The room was a bit damp. Ye Qing'an frowned, walked to the window, and opened it.
A flock of crows suddenly took flight outside the window, emitting hoarse and unpleasant cries...