When Zhao Qi heard this, her fingers unconsciously clenched around the corner of her robe.
"Understood."
Li Yunjing swept a glance from the corner of his eye and gave a light cough. "You go on ahead. We'll arrive shortly."
"Looks like we really came at the perfect time!"
After the cavalry had gone far away, Li Yunjing narrowed his eyes. "One key—I didn't expect it to stir up such a great dispute!"
He suddenly took three talismans from his robes. "These are Form-Changing Talismans. We'll travel under different identities."
Talisman light flashed, and the three of them changed appearances completely.
Li Yunjing became a scholar in blue robes, while the two women turned into ordinary women.
Li Yunjing and the others proceeded along the official road, changing identities once every time they passed a relay station.
Three days later, the towering walls of the Jin Kingdom's imperial capital finally appeared on the horizon.
"Fellow Daoist Li, the checks at the city gate are very strict."
Su Muqing looked at the long line in the distance, her brows slightly furrowed.
Li Yunjing swept his gaze over the city gate, then suddenly pointed toward a side gate. "That way."
At the side gate, several cultivators in brocade robes were checking documents.
Li Yunjing took out a green jade token from his sleeve. When the gate-guarding cultivator saw it, he immediately bowed and saluted. "So it is a commander of Shadow Wind. Please enter."
"The token the red-haired cult leader gave you really is useful."
Zhao Qi spoke in a low voice.
"I actually didn't want to use it."
Li Yunjing put away the jade token. "Just from that inspection now, someone up above will know that someone from Shadow Wind has returned."
"Our identities are all fake, so naturally we don't dare