A teahouse on the top floor of the treasure ship. From the seats by the window, the observation deck was clearly visible.

“Who is that woman in black?” asked a skinny man.

At this early hour, there were few customers in the teahouse.

The skinny man, the middle-aged Tu Yong, and the purple-robed Ye Boheng aside, there was just the teashop’s owner, a waiter, and three other customers.

Tu Yong glanced at the other customers, then transmitted his response to the skinny man and Ye Boheng. “That woman boarded the ship yesterday. Her aura is inscrutable; she’s most likely using some sort of treasure to obscure it. She has four companions, but all four have remained in their rooms since first boarding the ship. They’ve never once emerged.” 

Ye Boheng’s eyelids twitched, but he said nothing.

The skinny man furrowed his brow. “That young man in blue boarded the ship three days ago, the same time we did. The woman in black boarded just yesterday. But from the look of things, it seems they know each other.”

Tu Yong nodded. “I dare say with certainty that there’s something fishy about both of them, and it’s even possible that they’re conspiring...