Qi Xuansu was also wondering what kind of people would be interested in young girls. Aside from human traffickers, the most plausible culprit would be the secret society dominated by women—the Ziguang Society. He even had a premonition that the two cases might eventually merge into one.0

Although the Ziguang Society had some ambiguous ties with the Zhengyi Sect, that did not mean they were good people. Even the Heavenly Court had ties with the Taiping Sect, but they showed no mercy when silencing the Yuan family or attacking the Zhenwu Temple.0

But regardless of whether it was human traffickers or the Ziguang Society, Mei Mei would not be in immediate danger. That was because the Ziguang Society preferred to train their members as opposed to blood sacrifice, and the traffickers would not immediately sell Mei Mei into a brothel.0

Qi Xuansu had seen the image Ke Qingqing shaped based on Zhou Qingshu’s description, acknowledging that Mei Mei was a beauty in the making. Given her age, selling her straight into a brothel was unwise. First, it would ruin good stock. Second, it was risky, as the Imperial Court’s...0