A night without words.
At the break of dawn, Zhan Hongxiu got up to knock on the door.
Chen Yi, spirited, washed up and went out, and had a simple breakfast with several elder martial brothers and sisters at the inn.
Not to ntion, putting aside Mr. Li's identity in the Martial World, he has quite a knack for running the inn.
Taking the breakfast he prepared, it was very much to the liking of the Jianghu guests.
Slices of beef and mutton, a pot of clear wine, and a dish of peanuts, all of which made Zhan Hongxiu praise Mr. Li's business acun.
Of course, the inn is not inflexible.
Encountering so female heroes, especially the nuns from the Hengshan Sect, Mr. Li had the waiter bring them so pastries and vegetarian dishes.
And for the leisurely descending Ye Lin and his companions, their food was even better.
Lingguang Lake crabs, buy one plate get one free, thoughtful and attentive.
Also, pine nut chicken, jar-cooked fish, and other famous delicacies, regardless of whether they could finish it, were all served.
At this, Elder Li's smile blossod like a flower, as if saying one shouldn't miss out on these few fools.
However, Chen Yi noticed that after Ye Lin and the others appeared in the hall, the passing guests occasionally looked toward them and whispered "secrets" they thought no one could hear.
"Look, people from the Grand Void Sect."
"That's Zhan Hongxiu from the Heavenly List number fourteen."
"What 'Overlord Sword Hongxiu,' in front of Ye Lin of the Yuhua Immortal Sect, she can't even raise her head."
"And that young man without insight, haha, I bet ten gold coins, he will beco a burden to the female hero Zhan!"
Chen Yi listened to their discussions with a calm expression.
A bet of ten gold coins wasn't worth his attention, if it were ten thousand gold coins, he might consider it.
Saving him the trouble of being busy with tasks in Jiangnan Prefecture.
With that thought, Chen Yi's mind returned to the mission at hand.
Speaking of which, this mission from the Night Watch Departnt was quite generous — as long as they can successfully protect the Array from being destroyed, they would receive fifty thousand gold coins.
Subtracting the portion they have to submit to the Sect, even if divided equally, each of them would receive five thousand.
"With such an amount of money, having Zhan Hongxiu, who has reached Sword Dao Great Success at the Fourth Grade Spirit Aperture Realm, leading the team makes it worthwhile."
"After all, my appearance fee is quite high."
After a simple al of at, Zhan Hongxiu led them out of the inn, heading to the Night Watch Departnt.
Seeing them leave, the Yuhua Immortal Sect's trio exchanged glances.
"Ye nephew, it seems you were right, we've bumped into the Grand Void Sect on the sa task again."
"Sooner or later we were bound to," Ye Lin's lips curled up, his eyes playful, "To put it bluntly, it's because the Grand Void Sect and our Yuhua Immortal Sect are too close."
"So, nephew, what do you plan to do?"
"Fight!"
A single word clearly indicated Ye Lin's attitude.
Apart from his "personal grudge" with Zhan Hongxiu, there often were frictions between the Yuhua Immortal Sect and Grand Void Sect over interests because their Sect Gates are in close proximity.
Up to now, they had clashed countless tis.
Though there had been no casualties yet, in the hearts of so people in the two Sects, a big battle was inevitable!
Ye Lin then glanced at the Hengshan Sect's nuns sitting in the corner, his gaze lingering for a mont on a nun of exquisite appearance.
"If this mission is well planned, our gains will surely be substantial."
...
As expected, not long after Chen Yi and others settled in the Night Watch Departnt.
The trio from Yuhua Immortal Sect and the group of nuns from the Hengshan Sect arrived one after another.
However, in the hall of the Night Watch Departnt, disciples from the three great Sects had no interest in talking to each other, sitting separately in a distinct manner.
Even Ye Lin, who had openly provoked them the day before, didn't look towards Chen Yi's side but instead was playing with a maiden's fair hand.
Chen Yi observed the lady, whom he found sowhat familiar at first.
Upon a closer look, he recognized her as one of the Ten Great Immortals of the Taoist Sect — nicknad Fairy Yun Ni, Jiang Yunni.
Chen Yi couldn't help but sneer inwardly, thinking what a waste of good cabbage to a hog.
Soon, Capital Commandant Qu Daoming hurried in, followed by two individuals wearing silver masks.
Chen Yi, familiar with the court since childhood, knew that the silver masks in the Night Watch Departnt signified they were bearers of the Silver Flag Order.
Officials of the fifth-rank, their cultivation likely also above it.
Qu Daoming's expression was stern, without much pleasantries, sitting down and directly spoke:
"I presu everyone is already aware of the task at hand, so I won't elaborate further, just two pieces of newly confird intelligence to share with everyone."
"First, it has been confird that the person behind the scenes is a Sect Leader from the Bai Shen Sect, specific details still need further investigation."
"Second, among those villains gathered by him, there are masters not to be underestimated."
"One of them is the Mad Old Man Feng Shan from Divine Movent Sect who once committed a major cri in the Capital Prefecture, his movent technique is extrely proficient, ordinary third-rank experts can't even catch up to him."
"Another is a Taoist expert skilled in Arrays, suspected to be the renegade Cen Yu from Wuliang Mountain."
"Moreover, there seem to be others who have taken advantage of the contest between Su Baimo and Duan Zhendong to sneak into Jiangnan Prefecture under concealed identities."
At this point, Qu Daoming glanced around, his brow furrowing slightly when he saw Chen Yi, seemingly a bit displeased.
However, he did not show it and turned to look at Zhan Hongxiu.
"Grand Void Sect is the second-ranked among the Taoist Sects, I presu Taoist Zhan has so confidence in this mission, do not hesitate to speak up so we all have an idea."
Zhan Hongxiu, not to be outdone, stood up and said, "According to Captain Qu, since it's confird that their target is the Array set up by the Left Minister, then we just need to guard at the Position of Array Eye."
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