Canglan City.
Using unconventional means to sneak back into the city, Qiao Geng and Kou Min successfully rendezvoused on the rooftop of a residential building.
The two exchanged little conversation. Pretending to admire the city below, they quickly shared the intelligence they had gathered.
Qiao Geng had been responsible for tailing the Silent Prayer Mercenary Group. He immediately said to Kou Min:
"After returning to the city and collecting their reward, Silent Prayer disbanded.
"The people in this mercenary group were unexpectedly restrained. Apart from a few who went home to visit their families, the vast majority stayed at Silent Prayer's headquarters.
"Sha Xin did spend some time at the Warrior Association. There were too many experts there, including a Saint Domain powerhouse, so I couldn't find out what Sha Xin had been doing there."
Hearing Qiao Geng's words, Kou Min complained helplessly:
"The Four Great Associations are a mixed bag. They have all kinds of people.
"Yet those people have remained wary of us the entire time.
"Given the Imperial Guard's current circumstances, there's no way for us to obtain any useful information!"
"Stop complaining." Compared with Kou Min, Qiao Geng was much more open-minded. He asked, "Did you find anything useful through the Embiid lead?"
"No."
Kou Min was responsible for investigating the Golden Eagle Mercenary Group and Embiid. Hearing Qiao Geng's question, he helplessly spread his hands.
"What about Huanyu Bank? Those mercenary groups should all have hidden accounts of their own, right? There might be clues there."
"We can't investigate them. Because of the last audit, the bank employees don't have a very good attitude toward us either.
"Whenever our people go to investigate a case, they only tell us to 'follow procedure,' then drag things out for a long time."
The investigation had reached an