The Spy Bureau's Hu Jia: The Spy Bureau must have a traitor!

Zhao Cheng looked at the map and spoke quietly, while Shadow Moon listened in silence, not asking a single question.

In the past, she could precisely eliminate targets even with the vaguest of objectives.

She had never undertaken a mission this specific before, but it was precisely because it was so simple that she remained exceptionally cautious.

Since Lord Jue had provided such clear information—down to the location and the number of people—any failure would only highlight her own incompetence.

Once Zhao Cheng finished, she had only one thing to say: "Understood."

She then withdrew, first seeking out Yao Wuyi to obtain the necessary anesthetic poisons, before immediately leading the seventeen Throat Sealers out of the estate.

The group of seventeen vanished rapidly into the night.

As assassins, the only rule was to achieve the objective by any means necessary.

Sometimes, a single name or a physical characteristic—the smallest scrap of information—was enough for them to lock onto a target.

Let alone a mission as clear as this.

A day and a half later.

West of Xingyang City, on the second floor of the Cloud Xi Inn.

"Send word: we have arrived in Xingyang. No threats detected."

"We entered Sanchuan Commandery from the Han border; no matter how hard the Black Ice Terrace investigates, they will never find our trail."

"The Black Ice Terrace is currently focused on the border and shouldn't notice us, but we must still remain cautious."

"Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp..."

The cries of night birds rang out, echoing from the inn.

In the trees outside, birds immediately responded before suddenly taking flight.

Hu Spies, also known as Hu Jia.

Many among them were descendants of the Loufan and Linhu tribes, skilled in shamanic arts; they could mimic the sounds of beasts with throat-singing and communicate with