This remark, delivered without confidence by the speaker, also made the listener think he had heard wrong.
Hu Yan asked in shock, "Gone? Didn't you say you've been watching them closely?"
Jin Zaogong didn't know how to explain, realizing any explanation would seem feeble, but he still had to reluctantly say, "I was indeed watching, but somehow they slipped away. The only possibility I suspect involves the Purple Cloud Sect's Lao Changtai…"
He recounted the previous encounter when Lao Changtai approached him, suspecting there was a traitor.
Hu Yan felt his scalp tingle upon hearing this. If it was true, why would Lao Changtai cooperate? He dared not think further and asked gravely, "Is Lao Changtai still around, or is he gone as well?"
Jin Zaogong answered, "I don't know, I didn't get a chance to check."
Hu Yan stomped his foot, "Then why don't you go and check?"
"Alright." Jin Zaogong hurried off at a brisk pace.
