Nothing happened that night.
Early the next morning, Shen Yi and the others set out at dawn. They followed the same arrangement as before, the three beast carriages leaving the city one after another and speeding toward the distance.
"When do you think Hu Aotian will appear to intercept and kill us?"
Zi Yu asked Shen Yi. He was accompanied by the two great demons, He Jiuweng and Lu Zhangke. Shen Yi had temporarily changed the plan: aside from the three drivers, no one else rode in the three beast carriages. Even the elite followers led by He Jiuweng and Lu Zhangke had been assigned elsewhere, keeping their distance from the carriages as they secretly followed.
"I think Hu Aotian will not strike immediately. Even with Zagu as an inside man, he will not make his move right outside the city. First, there are too many people and too many eyes here, and it would inevitably draw attention. Considering the matter of reinforcements, he definitely will not choose to act just beyond the city. Second, we all know he is coming to intercept us, so at the beginning, everyone will certainly be on full alert. He would not achieve the effect of catching us off guard. If I were him, I would choose a time and place with dense forests, where everyone's vigilance would be more relaxed."
Everyone agreed with Shen Yi's analysis. They firmly believed that Hu Aotian would come to ambush them; they merely worried about the time and place of the attack.
"Now that you mention it, there is one place that fits rather well."
No sooner had Lu Zhangke spoken than He Jiuweng turned to look at him as well. Worthy of being old friends and partners for many years, their thoughts had coincided without prior