In reality, Xia Zhiwei and Xia Dehe had no idea that Ye Xiu was warmly shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries with every member of the Heavenly Dragon Sect present only to confirm if any of Han Jie's accomplices were among them.
It was an easy thing to confirm. If someone were an accomplice of Han Jie, then no matter how indifferent they pretended to be in front of me, and no matter how good their acting was, their heart would still be in turmoil. And such an internal reaction can be detected in their pulse. That was the principle behind using pulse-taking as a lie detector.
"Sect Leader Xia, is everyone from the Heavenly Dragon Sect here?" Ye Xiu asked after making his rounds. He was now certain that none of Han Jie's accomplices were present.
However, he did not see Shen Tianfang.
"Xia Xue and Tianfang aren't here," Xia Dehe said.
"That's right, where did my sister go?" Xia Zhiwei only just realized that Xia Xue was absent.
"I'm right here!"
