"Thank you, everyone."
Lu Yao and her distant relatives saw the escorts off, their hearts filled with gratitude.
When she arrived, she had heard them say the journey would be dangerous and that they might abandon her if necessary. Yet along the way, they had taken good care of her, and upon reaching this final prefecture, they had chosen to deliver her first.
"Live well with your distant relatives. Hide your names and identities, and don't think about revenge anymore. He is a Golden Bone genius. In the future, he will become a successful candidate, with official honors to his name. He is not someone you can provoke—you would only drag your family down with you."
Lu Yao recalled Big Brother's advice. She lowered her head as though deep in thought, then suddenly looked up, her delicate face turned toward her distant relatives. "Can Xiao Yao practice martial arts?"
Under the night sky, lights glimmered hazily ahead, buildings appearing and disappearing from view like an exquisite painting scroll trimmed by peaceful years.
"We've reached the county town." Head Escort Zhu looked toward the small city before them. Though dusty from the journey, he was in a fine mood.
Only the last few valuable items remained. This journey would then end perfectly.
Once everything was delivered, he would set his best record yet for escorting silver.
"Keep a low profile after entering the city. Endure whatever you can. The quality of experts in this prefecture is rather high—even Sixth Grade Great bandits can be found here." The Chief Escort remained as cautious as ever.
"I heard there are twenty Martial Examination slots in this prefecture," Jiang Ping said.
Take Changping Prefecture, for instance. Though its Martial Examination Ranking listed twenty people, the number of slots was fixed at only twelve.