Xiao Bai and Ji Wuye's group ate and drank their way through, buying many delicious foods. Finally, Xiao Bai was satisfied and found a teahouse to rest.
However, they did not know they had already been targeted. The assassin branch that clashed with Xiao Wangyou and Ji Chenmu happened to be in Motu City.
At this moment, the leading man in black fled back to the branch, severely injured. He went to a medicinal herb shop to buy a main ingredient for the branch's alchemist to refine pills. As soon as he came out, he saw Xiao Wangyou's face. He was startled and turned away.
How could he forget the face of the girl who injured him? When he saw another familiar man, he was certain. These were the people who caused his mission to fail. His subordinates suffered heavy losses, and he was punished by the branch elder. If he hadn't had a life-saving pill recipe, he would have been a corpse by now. He looked at the four of them with malice.
He knew their cultivation was profound and only dared to watch from afar.
As Ji Wuye entered the teahouse, his body froze. He sensed someone spying on them. After the waiter served the tea, Xiao Bai suddenly transmitted a message to Ji Wuye.
"Brother Wuye, someone is following us." Xiao Bai had been too focused on eating to notice, but now that she was seated, she sensed a gaze upon them.
"It's nothing, just some petty folk."
"Brother Wuye, could this be related to the group that attacked us?" Xiao Bai felt a familiar aura. It was Wangyou and Brother Chenmu who had repelled them at that time.
Ji Wuye nodded thoughtfully. He exchanged a secret signal with Ji Chenmu. If so, they likely recognized Wangyou and Chenmu. The brothers had a tacit understanding developed from countless battles fought side-by-side. Ji Chenmu understood they were being targeted, and by their old employer. This was their private signal. Enemies they had encountered were referred to as "old employers."
Ji Chenmu recalled the dozen or so assassins who had escaped him recently, realizing there must be a stronghold here. Xiao Wangyou, having received Xiao Bai's message, also understood. The few of them conferred, devising a plan to counter-track and dismantle their stronghold.
They called the waiter and learned that the teahouse had a back door. The four of them exited through the back door and became invisible. The waiter tossed the pearls he had received as a reward, unfazed. This teahouse had seen all sorts of people; they must have encountered their enemies.
Xiao Bai reverted to her true form, carrying the three of them, and hid in the sky. Sure enough, after half a cup of tea, an inconspicuous man emerged from the back door, looking around. He scanned the area with his divine sense but found no trace of the four. He immediately regretted losing them. If he hadn't been afraid of being discovered and had only followed from a distance, he wouldn't have lost them now. He flashed into the back of a residential house, and when he emerged again, he had transformed into a tall and mighty man. He decided to return to the branch, vowing to find a way to get revenge if he had the chance to meet them again.
Ji Wuye and the others, hidden in the sky, marveled at the man's disguise. Who would have thought he could change his height, body shape, and even his build? The man was cautious. After looking around, he went out to the front street. First, he bought a golden hairpin from a stall, a simple and honest smile on his face, portraying an image of buying a gift for his wife with extreme realism! If they hadn't followed him the entire way, they would never have suspected him. He also went to the dock and carried several large bags of goods. The dock manager seemed very familiar with him, paying him his wages on the spot.
Xiao Bai, following him, was getting a little impatient. Ji Wuye comforted her by stroking her head. It couldn't be helped; only Xiao Bai could turn invisible. He felt a bit awkward standing on Xiao Bai, but seeing the man detour across half the city made him more suspicious. Finally, the man began walking towards the south of the city. As they walked, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street. The houses in this area also appeared poorer and more disordered.
The man arrived at a dilapidated courtyard, overgrown with weeds. No one would have thought anyone lived inside. One side of the roof had collapsed, and even the door was half-rotted. The man looked around, flashed, and entered the courtyard. He jumped down a dry well in the courtyard.
"Brother Wuye, there's a formation here." Xiao Bai sensed something was wrong. She was now an eight-tailed fox, and her unlocked skill was creating illusions. Why was the Dreamweaver clan so respectful to Xiao Bai? A long, long time ago, the Dreamweaver clan was the Joyful God in the cave of the Nine-Tailed Fox divine beast, responsible for cleaning the dwelling. They learned the illusionary arts of the Nine-Tailed Fox divine clan and established their own sect. Therefore, they had a keen perception of formations.
"A formation? Can you decipher it?" Ji Wuye frowned. He didn't understand formations and feared that rashly breaking the formation would alert the enemy!
"Brother, call Sister. Send her a message."
Ji Wuye nodded. He thought that his sister rarely made enemies and had encountered an attack for no reason. He was determined to find out who was behind it.
Ju Yin received her brother's transmission talisman. She and Feng Chu were just coming out of the Qu family's residence and were not too far from the south of the city.
Within two breaths, they saw the two flying over.
"Sister, I'm here." Xiao Bai saw her sister and revealed her true form. The group descended from the sky to the ground and explained the situation.
Ju Yin scanned the dilapidated courtyard with her divine sense and discovered that there was indeed a formation. This formation was an invisible conversion formation. The eye of the formation was hidden quite secretly. If one accidentally triggered it without paying attention, they would be attacked.
How confident were the people inside this formation? There were no guards nearby. Ju Yin cast a defensive talisman, flew into the air, and tapped a certain spot. Everyone's eyes lit up. The dilapidated courtyard disappeared, and the dry well in the courtyard became a downward entrance. This was actually a cave entrance in a mountain wall, extending underground.
"Sister, are we no longer in the city?" Ji Wuye suddenly said.
"Yes, everyone be careful. This is a conversion formation. Once you enter the outer invisible formation, you will be teleported to another place."
"Then have we been exposed?" Ji Wuye's heart stirred.
"Brother is astute! But it's not certain. The entrances of such formations are random. Those inside know someone has entered, but they don't necessarily know which entrance they used."
"It doesn't matter. Since we're here, let's see what this place really is."
"Come, come, give yourselves invisibility talismans and let's assess the situation first." Feng Chu came from a prominent cultivation family and had plenty of invisibility talismans to distribute to everyone!
"Who dares to intrude? Why were we two brothers assigned to this forgotten corner?" Voices could be heard from the cave entrance.
"Don't worry. Even if they can break in, once they enter the formation, they'll be caught in a trap. They'll either die or be severely injured. Even someone at the Nascent Soul stage has a nine-death-out-of-ten chance. So if we actually capture them, we might even be rewarded!" another voice seemed to be persuading.
"Hey, Old Fifth, you little brat, what if we encounter a cultivator at the Divine Transformation stage? Will we still have our lives?"
"No, you jinx, don't speak nonsense! If that really happens, our lives will be over."
"Pah, pah, children's words carry no blame. I meant no harm, don't let it come true..." Old Fifth quickly spat twice, muttering that it didn't count.
"Haha, you little rascal, let's go, patrol!" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Two Golden Core cultivators wearing masks and dressed in black walked past Ju Yin and the others, completely unaware.