Bai Xiaowen looked over the identities available to them. There were ten in all.
The better options were mid- and lower-ranking officers, such as deputy generals and officers of the gate. The worse ones included Bai Xiaowen's guards and maids.
Bai Xiaowen had hoped his teammates could also assume identities from noble families, but no such luck.
"Except for the guard and maid identities, discuss the rest among yourselves and pick whatever you like. There's not much difference."
The four settled on their choices: two deputy generals and two officers of the gate.
As Young Master Yuan Xi, Bai Xiaowen had no need to choose another name. His teammates, however, needed aliases.
Li Shuyi had used the alias Li Yi last time. For this new identity, she dropped the final character and became Li Shu.
Han Xu took the alias Han Jiuyang.
Cecilia's alias took a little more thought. In the end, she simply chose White Sanniang and decided not to worry about whether it seemed out of place. According to the information they had gathered, even female generals like Bao Sanniang had been active on the Southern Border battlefields during earlier reshaping cycles of the Three Kingdoms Plane. One more would hardly be strange.
What surprised everyone most was Qiao Rui: she used her real name.
When asked, Qiao Rui said, "I've always used my real name when exploring the Ancient China Plane."
The others found it a little odd, but there was no harm in it, so they let her do as she pleased.
"Deputy General White."
"Deputy General Li."
"Officer Han."
"Officer Qiao."
The four teammates clasped their hands in imitation of ancient Chinese etiquette and practiced addressing one another. Bai Xiaowen found it amusing.
"Forget 'deputy general' and 'officer of the gate.' Nobody addresses people that