As the Fourth Young Ancestor, Xia Shen Fei had been a hopeless drunk who cared about no one. Even when he met Elder Xia Shenji, he had been completely at ease and felt no need to be especially guarded. But from the first day he concealed his identity and joined the Boundless, he put away that wine gourd. He had only taken it out again today. People like him were the most terrifying.
"Birds in the sky, insects on the ground, people's hoes—the time of day, the humidity, the direction of the wind. Put them together, and you get a code understood only by Boundless assassins. An outsider could live in Wu Village for a hundred years, even a thousand, and still never spot a flaw. That's how the Boundless communicates." Xia Shen Fei took a swig of wine. "It's a shame we've been exposed now, but unless we stayed hidden for centuries, the most we could have learned was the location of Wu Village."
Xia Ziheng nodded. "I see."
Xia Shen Fei flicked his wrist and tossed the book he had just been reading to Xia Ziheng. "Here's what you wanted."
Xia Ziheng caught it and hurriedly looked through it.
The destruction of Wu Village was no great matter to most people in the Tree Starry Sky. They had no way of coming into contact with the Boundless. Only the great powers were affected. For example, an elder of the Cold Immortal Sect had once commissioned the Boundless to carry out an assassination. The Wang family, the White Dragon Clan, and the Xia family had done the same. Many powerhouses in Zhongping Realm who controlled entire districts had also commissioned the Boundless to act on their behalf.
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