"Looks like we'll be staying here for the next two or three months." Li Meng led Lin Bai and the others into Water Ripple Town.
Backed by the Murong Family, one of the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province, Water Ripple Town had risen with the tide. As soon as they entered the streets, Lin Bai noticed Dao Realm martial artists everywhere among the crowds. There were even Dao Immortal- and Dao God-level martial artists coming and going from the various shops.
Water Ripple Town was exceptionally prosperous. The shops selling pills and Divine Weapons, along with the pleasure houses, had the greatest concentration of martial artists.
"Let's find somewhere secluded and change out of these Rose Squad robes. We've killed quite a few martial artists from the Murong Family these past few days, so we should be careful. These robes of ours are too conspicuous."
Li Meng led everyone into a shadowy passageway. When the five of them emerged again, they had already taken off their robes, changed into ordinary clothes, and restored their original appearances. Now, blended into the crowds of Water Ripple Town, unless Lin Bai and the others made a move, no one would realize that they were the Rose Squad, which had recently caused such a great stir throughout Heng Province.
The five of them wandered around Water Ripple Town for a day, then found a remote little inn and checked in at dusk.
That night, everyone gathered in Li Meng's room. Gongsun Ci was the first to speak. "I wonder what exactly the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province are up to. Why would they take the initiative to recruit us? We've killed quite a few martial artists from the Eight Great Noble Families these past few days. They should hate us