Chapter 362: Chapter 362

If Xiaoyao had been alone, many people would have competed to drive him away. But Xiaoyao was together with Guxing, and they harbored fantasies about Guxing, so naturally they wouldn't offend Xiaoyao, who was by Guxing's side.

However, they didn't want to let Xiaoyao continue enjoying himself , so they borrowed a knife to kill—pushing Niu Jian forward!!

"What do you mean being used as a weapon?" Niu Jian scratched his head and left. He didn't understand what was happening, but since Yin Ruoxi told him to leave, he would leave.

"Sorry for the embarrassment. This friend of mine is a bit impulsive," Yin Ruoxi apologized to Xiaoyao.

"It's fine. You must be good friends—only good friends would apologize to others on behalf of their friend," Xiaoyao asked.

"He's a childhood playmate. He's rather simple-minded and doesn't consider consequences when doing things, but he's very obedient to me," Yin Ruoxi said with a smile. She didn't deny her relationship with Niu Jian, which was also something that made others envious.

Niu Jian was possibly the only one among Yin Ruoxi's pursuers, and among her male friends, who she was least guarded against. From another perspective, he was also the one she was closest to.

"Childhood playmates... such people should be treasured!" Xiaoyao suddenly said.

"Mm! All friends need to be treasured," Yin Ruoxi agreed.

Xiaoyao smiled mysteriously and said, "Miss Ruoxi, do you believe that sometimes certain things are destined by fate?"

"I've heard this many times. Are you going to say that you and I were destined to meet, and then say we're destined to be together?" Yin Ruoxi said reflexively. She had encountered many people who used this approach to pursue her, and it had become a habitual reaction.

Xiaoyao shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about myself. You'll know when the time comes. Sometimes saying certain things can be counterproductive—letting nature take its course is best."

"??" Yin Ruoxi was somewhat puzzled. Was this boy acting mysterious?

If this was his approach, it was also a worn-out trick—many, many people had used it...

"Boss, do you want to eat anything else?" Xiaoyao ignored Yin Ruoxi and only asked Guxing.

"No need, I'm full!" Guxing replied.

"I'm not yet... Miss Yin, are you not eating these things?" Xiaoyao pointed to the food on the table—all things the Yin family sisters didn't want to eat. His meaning was quite obvious.

"Do you want to eat them? Take them—we're not eating anymore," Yin Ruoxi said. She hadn't wanted to eat these things anyway, and besides, she had just eaten a bowl of noodles, which was enough.

"Then I won't be polite. Wasting food brings divine punishment—I'm helping you resolve this!" Xiaoyao said with a smile, making his actions seem very noble, as if he had done them a great favor.

"..." The Yin family sisters were immediately speechless.

"Boss, if you're fine, go back to the room to rest. I still need to eat for a long time..." Xiaoyao said and began slowly eating the food on the table, as if he was very much enjoying it, looking like he had never eaten such good food before.

"Mm!" Guxing nodded. She felt she couldn't help here and should go continue cultivating.

At the same time, she knew that although Xiaoyao never wasted food, this time it was more to stay here longer. Otherwise, just staying here after eating noodles would seem very strange.

Xiaoyao continued eating and listening, while the two Yin family misses continued sitting and casually chatting about various things. They didn't know that through this idle chat, Xiaoyao sitting across from them obtained some new information.

However, Xiaoyao didn't think this information would be useful, but listening didn't hurt!

After some time, the Yin family sisters seemed to lose patience, perhaps unable to find the information they wanted, so they got up and left.

Gathering information definitely required patience. Often others would speak nonsense for a long time before a few useful sentences appeared at the end. Simply put, to get useful information, one had to first endure a long period of nonsense and resist thoughts like "give up, it's useless!"

Xiaoyao had plenty of patience, slowly waiting and slowly eating until most people had dispersed before he left!

Why not stay until the very end? That would be too conspicuous. The most important point in intelligence gathering was not to draw others' attention—otherwise people would be on guard and wouldn't reveal information.

Xiaoyao now understood some things. He had already known these people were all going to the Huangpu Family, and now he knew even more—among these people there seemed to be quite a few great families and some royalty.

Among these forces, the Yin family seemed to be the largest force, and of a super-standard level at that. No wonder these people looked at the Yin sisters with respectful distance. Otherwise, there would definitely be quite a few playboys among them trying to flirt with the two women.

According to the information Xiaoyao had gathered, the Yin family was a great family from a powerful country. Although they weren't the largest in their own country, they were still a giant compared to other forces.

At the same time, the Yin family was also a traditional military family where important family members were all military officials. This made it easy to understand why Yin Ruoxi and the other came here.

Of course, there were also some small forces and some unattached individuals. For ordinary people wanting to rise above their station, the fastest way was through military service. As long as they could survive, they would definitely bring glory to their ancestors.

However, surviving was simple to say but not easy to do. Most people couldn't manage it and became cannon fodder on battlefields.

At night, Xiaoyao and Guxing were meditating...

Xiaoyao and Guxing both opened their eyes, looking at each other. Even without asking each other, they knew this wasn't something the other had said, because they were too familiar with each other's voices and would definitely not make a mistake.

This voice seemed to come from outside. Both felt there were people outside—not just one person, but seemingly two people. At least Xiaoyao could sense two people.

These two people weren't simple, because both Xiaoyao and Guxing only discovered them when they spoke. When they approached this place, neither had sensed them, which indicated their strength was considerable—possibly not inferior to Guxing's.

The visitors hadn't yet discovered Xiaoyao and the other. Their auras had always been contained within a certain range. Unless someone came very close, they couldn't be detected at all, even by people several levels higher.

Naturally, this referred to Guxing. Xiaoyao was a monster—even standing right beside him, one might not necessarily discover him. Even the most top-level peerless experts couldn't hope to detect his presence without seeing him.

Neither of the two people outside discovered Xiaoyao and Guxing. They began conducting what they thought was a secret meeting known only to heaven, earth, you, and me.

"Mm, I came!" the other person replied softly, very quietly. If not for Xiaoyao's good hearing, it would be impossible to hear.

Judging from the voice, this latecomer should be a woman, not very old, and the voice should be very sweet and alluring—one Xiaoyao had never heard before.

Don't misunderstand—it wasn't that he'd never heard such a degree of sweetness and allure, just that he'd never heard this particular voice. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel⸺fire.net

From this, Xiaoyao could conclude that this woman should be someone he'd never seen before—at least not anyone who had appeared in the inn's main hall earlier.

Perhaps this woman had used special techniques to alter her voice, but if Xiaoyao had heard it before, he could still distinguish it. This was something Xiaoyao could do because he knew some special voice identification methods and could distinguish voices from subtle details that others wouldn't notice.

Like the previous person—even if their voice had been altered, he could still tell this person had appeared in the main hall before. However, Xiaoyao hadn't paid attention to who the voice's owner was at the time, only listening for information. Therefore, he didn't know who this person actually was.

However, if he heard the voice again, he would definitely be able to identify who it was!

But if this matter had nothing to do with him, he wouldn't deliberately seek out that person. Obviously, this matter probably wouldn't concern him—how long had he been here, and he hadn't contacted many people. Who would pay attention to him?

"I've already done what you asked me to do. Do you have anything else?" the previous person said.

"Not for now. Continue staying by their side. When the time comes for action, I'll notify you. Also, don't contact me unless there's something important!" the woman said.

"Understood," that person replied, then left.

"Sigh, such a beautiful night, ruined by this idiot. Time to go back to sleep," the woman sighed, then left as well.

Guxing looked at Xiaoyao, preparing to speak, but was quickly stopped by Xiaoyao. Although Xiaoyao didn't speak or make any gesture, just one look was enough for her to understand.

Guxing initially couldn't understand Xiaoyao's meaning, but soon realized why—the woman who had just left had suddenly returned.

"Hm, how strange. Is there really no one here? Why did I just feel like someone nearby was watching?" the woman muttered to herself.

So she could actually sense us. Is our qi-concealing technique not pure enough? Xiaoyao felt a trace of doubt.

Actually, the reason this woman had that feeling was because of her talent—her senses were much more acute than ordinary people's. What she could sense was also just Guxing, only one person. She couldn't sense Xiaoyao at all.

Even sensing Guxing's presence was very weak—so weak it made her doubt whether she was being too suspicious.

"Forget it, better leave first. Even if I could discover someone by staying here, I might be discovered by others..."