The Red Lantern Society made its living selling intelligence and was the best-informed organization in the martial world. Its leader called himself Senior Brother.
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Their martial strength was not particularly formidable. Even the Red Lantern Society's Senior Brother had only just entered the Mystic Realm.
Before the current Senior Brother of the Red Lantern Society made his breakthrough, they had not even possessed a single Mystic Realm expert.
Unlike the Golden Wind and Drizzle Tower, which had three Mystic Realm experts, or the Old Man of the Mountain Faction, which had two. But after Old Jin's departure, only two Mystic Realm experts remained in the Golden Wind and Drizzle Tower.
Yet the Red Lantern Society's immensely powerful intelligence network upheld its position.
Within the Yongjiu School, the Red Lantern Society held an exceptionally unique status. It was like a bridge and a blood vessel, linking the Golden Wind and Drizzle Tower with the Old Man of the Mountain Faction into a single whole.
Otherwise, with the Golden Wind and Drizzle Tower secluded in the northwest and the Old Man of the Mountain Faction located in the southeast, communication between the two sides would have been exceedingly difficult.
Now that the shopkeeper had been isolated, if they wanted intelligence, they could only turn to the most widely dispersed Red Lantern Society.
At night.
Chen Wu and Wang Jiuyuan arrived before Minute Temple outside the South Gate and lit a sky lantern.
The sky lantern was octagonal and bright red. As its flame burned, it rose slowly into the air, drifting uncertainly through the night sky.
"Red lantern hangs high—the auspicious hour has come—"
All at once, a ritual verse rang out from the darkness.
Wang Jiuyuan immediately answered, "Golden winds softly brush;