Hard to Handle

"Master, everyone has arrived."

Qian Jinge's voice came from outside the hidden cavern.

"Hehe... discuss it properly among yourselves. I'll rest here for a while and wait for your good news."

He withdrew his oppressive gaze.

Niu Erlang waved a hand, signaling for him to get to work first.

With a heavy heart, Zhou Yingjun went to the outer chamber to begin the discussion.

He did not mention that Lu Zhengkun was about to break through, and even the notion of ambushing the estate outside the city had faded considerably. Thus, even after half an hour, they reached no conclusion.

As a newly advanced martial artist, Su Xinghe counted as one of the juniors and offered no suggestions this time. He merely huddled in a corner, silently cultivating his secret technique.

Under the cover of night.

More than ten agile figures traveled south from deep within Scarlet Cloud Mountain. In less than half an hour, they appeared at the foot of Azure Cloud Mountain, where jagged rocks littered the ground.

The lights of a Bandit Suppression Bureau patrol outpost flickered wildly in the darkness. After just three breaths, nothing remained but bloody severed limbs strewn across the ground.

After crossing the patrol line, their figures became even more concealed.

At times, they blended into ore-hauling caravans, only to slip away silently moments later. No one noticed the slightest irregularity, not even the martial artist guards.

"Eunuch An, the Zhou Clan Mine is ahead."

A black-robed, masked guide spoke up in warning.

Had Zhou Yingjun been present, he would certainly have recognized this man. He was none other than Chen Qi, the red-clad young man he had met at the Martial Dao Bureau that day and the young master of the Qingshan Escort Agency.

"I'll kill Xie Guang. Leave the rest