Chapter 68
Everyone immediately slowed their breathing and ducked their heads into the tall grass.
The terrain on both sides of this mountain path sloped upward. Unless those on the road deliberately searched, it was difficult for them to spot anyone lying in wait high above.
Through the grass, Xia Fan vaguely made out the figures of two men—they carried oil lamps and walked over one after the other. They had neither bows nor arrows on their backs, nor did they lead hunting dogs. Instead, longswords and axes hung from their waists. From that alone, it was clear they had not come up the mountain to hunt or gather herbs.
Judging by their movements, the two might know a little martial arts, but they were probably only slightly better than ordinary people. They were alert enough, constantly looking left and right along the way, but night did not merely conceal prey—it concealed hunters as well. Trying to see through the boundless darkness of the mountains with only two pairs of eyes was far too difficult.
Just like that, they soon passed the place where Xia Fan and the others hid and headed deeper into the mountains.
"Aren't we following them?" Wang Renzhi could not help asking after the lamplight traveled farther and farther away, until it vanished from sight.
"No. We won't track them directly. We only need to trail the guide." Xia Fan decisively shook his head. "Professional work should be left to professionals. They finally showed us their tail; if we alert them, there may never be a second chance. We have to make sure we succeed in one go."
"Professional work should be left to professionals?" Wang Renzhi smacked his lips, savoring the phrase. "That's a good saying. I never thought you had such experience in tailing