The sun gradually climbed higher.
Whether Luoyang had been especially hot lately or for some other reason, there were hardly any pedestrians in the city's streets and alleys. Aside from a few patrolling soldiers, only some martial artists occasionally flashed past overhead.
No one knew whether the patrolling soldiers and those martial artists had reached some tacit understanding, but they all deliberately avoided a certain secluded area of Luoyang.
That secluded area was none other than the corner of the city where Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's elegant residence stood.
Given the terrifying deterrence of a certain troublesome little girl Grandmaster, after the long-famous Chao Gongcuo had been killed in an instant, and after Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin of the Li Clan, had suffered a setback and been forced to retreat in embarrassment, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's secret Double Dragon Army base in Luoyang—the residence—was left undisturbed by outsiders for the entire half-day that followed.
Of course, their base was no longer a secret. Although there appeared to be no martial artists lingering outside, everyone knew there could be no shortage of people secretly spying on and monitoring the place.
Moreover, it was safe to assume that although those people did not dare cause trouble openly, more than a hundred hidden agents and spies were currently lurking nearby or at a distance, watching the residence and every move of their master and disciples.
Fortunately, those people were still sensible. None of them was reckless enough to show themselves, approach, or cause trouble. Thus, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were happy to play dumb, continuing to stay peacefully in the residence and meditate to heal their injuries, paying no attention to what was happening outside.
In truth, even if they wanted to interfere, they could not.
At present,