The rat was black and tiny, but astonishingly fast. Once it left Han Zhong's hand, it vanished from their sight in the blink of an eye.
"This is a Spirit-Sensing Rat bred by the Martial Academy, with variant beast blood in it. These rats have almost no fighting ability, but they're incredibly fast and clever, too. They can quickly pick up the scent of nearby rats of their kind, making them excellent messengers..."
Only after finishing did Han Zhong explain to Zhao Er.
"So we just wait now?"
"Yes. Wait here. We should hear something soon..."
Han Zhong walked aside and casually tethered their horses to a large tree, then took some dry rations from his bundle and shared them with Zhao Er.
They had only had enough time to eat their rations, and the sky had barely darkened, when a black shadow approached.
As that shadow drew near, the Spirit-Sensing Rat Han Zhong had released emerged first.
"One of ours..."
Seeing the Spirit-Sensing Rat, Han Zhong took his hand off the short saber at his waist and spoke softly to Zhao Er.
"Captain?"
The shadow stopped a short distance from them.
As the voice rang out, the figure became visible: a rather ordinary-looking man who appeared to be in his forties.
What surprised Zhao Er was that, just as he made out the man's features, the man's face shifted. Without any visible movement, his forty-something appearance became that of a somewhat handsome young man in his twenties.
All of this happened right before Zhao Er's eyes.
Does everyone in the Inspection Lineage know this Disguise Technique?
When Zhao Er first saw Han Zhong change his face, he had assumed it was a unique skill and had not given it much thought.
But now, seeing another seemingly random person display