Ning Chen finished griping about the old Heavenly Master and went to dinner with Xiao Yanxi.

They'd barely finished eating when Feng Qizheng came back.

One look at his goofy grin and it was obvious he'd gotten somewhere.

Before Ning Chen could even ask, Feng Qizheng pulled a booklet out of his robe and handed it over.

Ning Chen leafed through a few pages and handed it on to Xiao Yanxi. "This is the real register of the Myriad Nations Society?" he asked Feng Qizheng.

Feng Qizheng nodded.

Ning Chen was suspicious. "Li Qiu gave it up that easily?"

Feng Qizheng said, "I used your method to scare her, and she told me everything."

Ning Chen blinked. "My method?"

"First I worked her over with torture, and the broad held up pretty well. She just wouldn't talk... So in the end I used the trick you pulled on Kang Baobao. I had the men line up and told her if she didn't talk, they'd take turns on her. That scared her out of her wits, and she spilled everything."

Ning Chen's mouth gave a hard twitch, and he changed the subject. "You haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Feng Qizheng nodded.

"There's still food in the kitchen. Go get something!"

Feng Qizheng grunted and headed off. On his way out he asked, "So what do we do with Liu Dayun and Li Qiu?"

Ning Chen thought it over. "Keep questioning them. Kang Xiao left behind a lot more of his people than those two... See if they know where the others are hiding.

If they don't, then execute them quietly."

Feng Qizheng nodded. "Okay. I'll go eat first, then get back to the questioning."

Ning Chen nodded and turned to Xiao Yanxi. "Can you tell if it's genuine?"

Xiao Yanxi shook her head. "It's definitely Kang Xiao's handwriting, but whether it's real is hard to say... Look at the wear on this register, though. Edges only wear down like that after years of handling. It should be real.

Next to this, the other booklet looks far too new."

Ning Chen gave…