"Foolish people regard it as a place where they can make wishes, ha, how ridiculous."
"Is that how you see those people...?"
Feng Yuan sighed, cradling Xiao Ji as he looked around the empty hall and said,
"To it, perhaps the presence of people is preferable to standing guard alone, but you..."
"Xiao Dong! You really ran off to this place again! Come on! Let’s go home!"
Interrupted by the uncle’s voice, Feng Yuan turned around to see the uncle charging over aggressively. He stepped to the side and watched the confrontation without knowing what to think. After a while, he saw the uncle dragging the man away and sighed. At that time, Yang Hongzhi, having finished his round of surveillance, came over and asked,
"We didn’t find anything here. What should we do next?"
"Let’s inquire around a bit, I feel something is off."
After asking around the Temple, Feng Yuan and Yang Hongzhi found a shaded corner outside the Temple where no one paid attention and sat down to rest while exchanging information.
"I didn’t get any useful information on my side, the Temple workers all claim they don’t know why those people are adamant that there’s a mysterious lake underneath the Temple."
"Same here. Nobody seems to understand how those people gathered together, and indeed, there is no record of the Sea of Suffering on the Temple’s side. Who on earth..."
After more probing in the vicinity, Feng Yuan and Yang Hongzhi failed to gather any useful clues. After dinner, as Feng Yuan was preparing to head back to the apartment building where Captain Yang was staying, he suddenly said,
"The inn we stayed at last night wasn’t comfortable; let’s switch to a different one."
"I’ve already booked it, oh~ Given the situation, this school investigation task can’t be perfectly completed anyway~ might as well have some fun~"
"Do you have that much money? This is just a standard mission, the school’s reward won’t be that much, don’t waste it all on weird things."
"Pfft~ What’s wrong with enjoying a little?~"
Seeing Yang Hongzhi quickly catching on and cooperating with him, Feng Yuan secretly gave Yang Hongzhi a mental thumbs up. As they chatted, they arrived in front of an inn. Pointing at the sign, Feng Yuan proudly said,
"This is the best value inn I’ve found~ come on~ let’s go in~"
"Hello, do you have a reservation?"
Taking Feng Yuan’s phone, the receptionist smiled and after some input on the computer said,
"A double room booked this morning, correct?"
"Please show a valid ID, and I’ll complete your check-in immediately."
After being busy for a while, Feng Yuan took the key handed over and said to Yang Hongzhi,
Entering the room, Feng Yuan waved his hand and a dusky Barrier enveloped the entire room. He sighed softly and said,
"Agunas, go inform Captain Yang that we’ve been followed."
Seeing Agunas give him a look reserved for idiots, Feng Yuan slapped his forehead and said,
"I forgot you can’t communicate with humans right now. I’ll write a note for you; carry it over, be careful not to get tracked or spotted."
Agunas nodded at Feng Yuan, who rummaged for paper and a pen from Big Cat’s bag. Feng Yuan wrote down the situation on the table, folded the paper, and handed it to Agunas. Watching Agunas vanish in a blink, Feng Yuan lay down on the bed and said,
"Someone’s been following us?"
Turning his head towards Yang Hongzhi sitting on another bed, Feng Yuan said with a smile,
"Of course, and they’ve been right on our trail up to this point, but you caught on pretty quickly~"
Yang Hongzhi laughed and said,
"I’m used to coordinating with Han Mo, it’s become a reflex."
"But, did you expect something to happen?"
"No, I had planned to go to Captain Yang’s place to exchange information and rest for the night, but now it seems that won’t be possible; we’ll have to find an opportunity to exchange information tomorrow."
"Then why did you book this inn early in the morning?"
Looking perplexed, Yang Hongzhi gazed at Feng Yuan, who swatted down the Dreaming Dragon Baby fluttering around the room and said discontentedly,
"What are you flitting about for? You look like a fly."
Looking pitifully at Feng Yuan, Dreaming Dragon Baby kept gesturing with its tiny claws. After watching for a while, Feng Yuan said,
"Do you mean you’re searching for eavesdropping devices or some kind of powerful magic spell?"
Seeing Dreaming Dragon Baby nod its head, Feng Yuan said, annoyed,
"You trust me that little? I refuse to believe any eavesdropping device could still work under a Time Barrier."
"Forget it, forget it. Do whatever you want," he said, dismissing Dreaming Dragon Baby with a wave of his hand. Feng Yuan then turned to Yang Hongzhi and said,
"I didn’t make a reservation at this hotel."
"Then how did the front desk..."
"Have you forgotten Agunas’s attribute? I had Agunas quietly alter the time, inserting a history of my booking the hotel this morning."
"Why didn’t you just catch the tracker? If you could detect him, you should’ve been able to catch him, right?"
"Can’t catch him, or to be precise, I can sense that he’s monitoring us, but where he is, I have no clue. Altering history doesn’t work either. I don’t know why, but his time is locked. Even Agunas can’t easily modify it."
"So you’re saying that he is the mastermind behind the scenes? There’s really no way to find him?"
"Can’t be done, or to put it another way, even if it could be done, it would cause a huge commotion."
After reading the note passed by Agunas, Captain Yang seemed to remember something unpleasant. Gritting his teeth, he looked at Agunas and said,
"Didn’t they come with you?"
Seeing Agunas shake his head, Captain Yang couldn’t help but say angrily,
"You’re the strongest among them! And yet you ran here by yourself!"
Agunas glanced at Captain Yang with some dissatisfaction. Realizing his mistake, Captain Yang quickly apologized to Agunas. Staring at Captain Yang for a while, Agunas closed the book in his hands, pointed at the sky-blue Barrier, then disdainfully pointed outside and at the paper in Captain Yang’s hands. Looking uneasy, Captain Yang said to Agunas,
"Are you saying we’ve been monitored too?"
Seeing Agunas nod his head, Captain Yang suppressed the anger in his heart and whispered to Agunas,
"Where is the watcher?"
Agunas shook his head. Watching Agunas disappear, Captain Yang turned to Bai Mao, his face iron-blue, and spoke in code,
"There’s trouble; go find the monitors around us."
"Thanks for your hard work~"
Seeing Agunas return, Feng Yuan said with a smile. Glancing at Feng Yuan, Agunas sat on the table and flipped through the Ancient Book, occasionally jotting down notes. Feng Yuan thought for a moment, pulled out a pitch-black Ancient Book, and said,
"Later, I need your help to set up a spatial distortion Barrier to prevent the monitor from sneaking in."
Agunas took the Ancient Book from Feng Yuan solemnly and nodded. Glancing at Xiao Ji, asleep on the bed, Feng Yuan sighed and said,
"If Xiao Ji wakes up later causing a fuss about staying up all night, please help me take care of it."
Seeing Agunas looking puzzled, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said,
"I don’t know what it’s thinking, wanting to stay up all night like we’re camping outdoors to avoid incidents, but it’s really not necessary, is it?"
After thinking for a while, Agunas shook his head. Sighing, Feng Yuan looked at Agunas and said,
"You’ve already delivered the message to Captain Yang, haven’t you?"
"Have they been tracked and monitored?"
Seeing Agunas nod, Feng Yuan glanced at Yang Hongzhi and said,
"Looks enemy is not some simple character."
"The fact that they could stir up this kind of rebellion-like incident without attracting a siege already shows he’s not simple at all."
"Yeah... To think even Captain Yang and his team from the Special Investigation Bureau are being tracked and monitored..."
Feng Yuan said, somewhat emotional.