Inside the town,
in a secluded house.
Several shadows gathered there,
"Eldest Brother, that kid you told us to keep an eye on has left Wu Family Market with his people!"
"What now? Are we going to take him out?"
A figure hurried in through the door and spoke at once.
"Oh? The market day isn't over yet. Why did he leave early?"
The One-Eyed Bald Man, who led the group, narrowed his single remaining eye. A fierce glint flashed in it as he spoke in a low voice.
"How would I know?"
"I was following your orders, Eldest Brother, watching the town gate and gathering information. Then I saw that little brat you told me to watch leave through the gate with his group."
"By now, that kid's probably already on his way home!"
At that, the man couldn't help asking:
"Eldest Brother, that kid seems utterly ordinary to me. He's only at the fourth level of the Qi Induction Realm. Why are we spending so much effort keeping an eye on him?"
"With strength like that, he probably doesn't have much worth taking. The reward we'd get for completing that big shot's task is far more substantial."
"If we end up ruining that big shot's plans, won't we be in trouble?"
As he spoke,
the others around him nodded and turned to look at the One-Eyed Bald Man.
They had the same question.
For the past few days, the One-Eyed Bald Man had ordered them to discreetly ask around the market about a kid named Shen Changchuan and gather information on the people who had come with him.
With their many years of experience,
that sort of thing had been a piece of cake.
By now, they had learned that Shen Changchuan was only around the fourth level