Back at Cang Yuan's residence, Pan Long relaxed a little.
He had done everything he could for Cang Yuan and Bai Yingxuan. If things ended well, everyone would be happy. If they still ended in tragedy, there was nothing more he could do.
Starting tomorrow, he would leave this place and move into the inn where Bai Yingxuan was staying.
As long as circumstances allowed, he would keep watch there and stop the Cang Family—or some expert from who knew where—from killing her.
The Cang Family held high office in the Imperial Court, but they probably could not call on many experts privately. At most, they might send a True Person Grandmaster, and it was unlikely to be someone at the peak of the Great Grandmaster level like the patriarch Ren Changsheng, much less someone capable of trading blows with the likes of Longevity.
At the very most, it would be someone like Li Wu, who had entered the Grandmaster realm only a few years ago.
Even if Pan Long could not beat an expert like that, he could hold them off long enough to keep them from killing anyone without a sound.
Grandmasters had reputations to uphold, after all. Once he stopped one, they could hardly keep hounding their target. Besides, South Xia City lay in the heart of the Capital Region, right beneath the emperor's feet. It was no place for two True Person Grandmasters to casually fight three hundred rounds.
Once Pan Long delayed the Grandmaster, they would have to give up. Then Bai Yingxuan only needed to stay safely inside South Xia City until Cang Yuan found a way to persuade his elders, and the matter would be over.
Gu Wen might not even need to act through any of it. Pan Long had sought him