"No need to thank me, boy. I am well aware that you're no spy," said the old woman at the counter with a chuckle. "Lil' Wang didn't mean any harm. He's just too responsible for his own good, a trait that others can exploit to sway him. Even so, listen to an old woman's advice. You should leave this place as soon as possible. Keensight these days isn't a place of good fortune."0

An Jing knew where this old woman's confidence that he wasn't a spy stemmed; she had been able to discern that he wasn't a Dustdawner, after all. Yet, wouldn't a citizen of Grand Chen that disguised himself as a Dustdawner raise even more suspicion? Why didn't she mind it? The old woman was quite mysterious indeed.0

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