After making some inquiries, Meng Zhao did not rashly act on the strength of his peerless martial arts. Instead, he and Gan Mingfeng disguised themselves as ordinary Jianghu wanderers, found a farmhouse at the foot of Lishou Mountain, and settled in for the time being to observe the situation.
The reason was that Meng Zhao knew the Heavenly Wolf Alliance Leader was Tan Cai'er's mother. Setting aside her own strength, her father and husband were both exceptionally formidable figures. If the Pai Gang truly belonged to the Heavenly Wolf Alliance, then as someone intending to marry Tan Cai'er, he naturally could not turn the relationship between the two sides sour.
Of course, he did not wholly believe these reports either. Thus, on the very night they settled in, he went out to gather intelligence.
With his Martial Dao Cultivation, even true grandmasters might not detect his trail, much less a group of Pai Gang martial artists. After a night of work, not only did no one notice anything amiss, but they also leaked quite a bit of information.
Early the next morning, Meng Zhao, who had not slept all night, returned to their lodgings with breakfast prepared in the village. As he ate with Gan Mingfeng, he spoke of what he had learned.
Meng Zhao had obtained his information mainly through special techniques—either sneaking in to eavesdrop or using soul-bewitching methods for interrogation. It should have been fairly accurate.
From what he had learned that night, the Pai Gang's sealing of the mountain had indeed been ordered by a grandmaster-level expert.
Even the Pai Gang members stationed to seal the mountain did not know this expert's origins. One of the higher-ups had only vaguely heard their gang leader address him as Mr. Yue. The Pai Gang knew nothing else, but