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Yau Ma Tei.

Lin Ying waited by the roadside with his two disciples. Jin Maiji and Meng Chao were there too, assigned to take the group to the woman's home.

Li Dan recognized both of Lin Ying's disciples. One looked like Big Silly Brother, and the other like the emperor from The Deer and the Cauldron. Both faces were familiar.

He waved from across the street, crossed at the zebra crossing, and joined the five of them.

Lin Ying introduced his two good-for-nothing disciples.

One was Ma Shangfeng, a first-rank military officer from the Ming dynasty. He had been ordered to capture the Ghost King, but after faking his death as part of a plan, he had become a golden-armored guardian and Lin Ying's disciple.

The other was Xiaohui, whom Lin Ying had taken in as a child. Quick-witted and mischievous, he formed the gold-and-silver guardians with Ma Shangfeng.

"Greet your senior."

"Senior!" the two said together.

The disciples were obedient enough, though they leaned heavily on Lin Ying. They both seemed like men who depended on their master for everything.

Jin Maiji and Meng Chao needed no introduction.

Six people would not fit in a taxi, so they had to take the bus.

Along the way, the driver stopped at one point.

Five familiar faces boarded.

Li Dan could not tell whether this was Winners & Sinners or Prison on Fire.

He was used to it by now. It was only a minor detour.

Tsim Sha Tsui.

Jin Maiji checked the map and led them through several streets before they finally reached a residential building.

Knock, knock, knock. "Hey, anyone home?"

What followed was ordinary enough. Shishi, the name Zhang Xuexia now went by, did not believe a word about traveling through time.

She even thought the six