Four days later, two men, one older and one younger, also entered the city known as the City of Metals.
Both the older man and the young man looked like ordinary people. Yet the moment they entered the city, seven or eight men dressed as Spirit Hall deacons stopped them.
The man at their head had graying hair, a hooked nose, small eyes, and a wide mouth. The skin on his face was as ugly as dried orange peel. His eyes, however, were filled with utmost reverence as he moved to kneel before the young man.
"I'm traveling incognito this time. There's no need to bow." Xiao Han waved his hand, and a wisp of Soul Power held the old man up, preventing him from kneeling.
"Your Holiness, I have followed your instructions and had six young women falsely claim that they were robbed of their chastity. I also bribed this city's deputy city lord to launch a citywide search for those two men." The old man lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Su Chen's face, for that would be a grave act of disrespect in Spirit Hall.
"Where are they? Have they arrived?" Xiao Han asked.
"They were arrested four days ago and are currently locked in a cell. One of them is a vice president of this city's Blacksmith Association and has some friendship with the city lord. I'm worried we can keep them locked up for a while, but not forever. To be safe, should we kill them both?" the old man asked.
The old man held a considerable position. His name was Miles, and he was the bishop of the Spirit Hall Main Hall in this city.
"No need. Those two aren't ordinary men. You won't be able to kill them without anyone