Xu Bang said, "Excellent."
An old, deep voice came from inside the carriage. "May we leave now?"
"Let them through!" Xu Bang shouted at the guards inside the city gate. Once they had cleared a path, he extended a hand toward the carriage. "Please!"
The driver flicked his whip, and the carriage once more rolled forward at an unhurried pace.
As the carriage brushed past him, Xu Bang gave the driver in the bamboo hat another look. He caught a strange scent on him and wondered who this person was. From the man's steady bearing as he sat there, Xu Bang could tell he was no ordinary fellow.
The two riders followed behind. Once the carriage had entered the city and gone some distance away, Xu Bang raised a hand and summoned someone over. "Notify the Sect Master at once."
"Yes!" The disciple swiftly darted away.
A burst of chattering arose behind him. Xu Bang turned back and saw a group of soldiers clustered together, seemingly discussing something. He asked, "What is all this noise about?"
The soldiers immediately fell silent. A junior officer reported, "During the inspection just now, one of my men saw the driver's face and was frightened." He pointed at one of his subordinates.
Xu Bang took two steps forward. "Oh? Why?"
The soldier replied uneasily, "Reporting to Elder, that driver's face was extremely strange, like a ghost's. Seeing it so suddenly was truly terrifying."
Xu Bang frowned and turned to stare in the direction the carriage had gone. He could not recall such a person in the cultivation world...
Not long after the carriage entered the city, someone hurried over from the roadside and walked alongside it. Cupping his hands, he said, "Sir, it has been confirmed. He is still at Fragrant Blossom Garden."
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