Outside Xu Mountain Market Ward, two figures stood for a long time on a low hill beside the city.
They were Human Rank Spirit Tamers dressed in blue-gray cloth robes, in the guise of ordinary rogue cultivators. Unlike ordinary Human Rank Spirit Tamers, however, they seemed to have undergone extensive Warrior modifications. Distinctive spirit runes and restrictions covered their bodies, and their torsos and limbs had mutated in various ways, giving them an inhuman air.
They stood there like wooden figures, their divine sense roaming the void through special means. Using a secret art to sense spirit creatures from afar, they entered Xu Mountain Market Ward by controlling puppets.
Meanwhile, inside Xu Mountain Market Ward, two figures in black robes, their bodies tightly wrapped from head to toe, appeared to be taking a leisurely stroll. In truth, they had a clear destination: the Merchant Association's Separate Courtyard, where the Azure and White Venerables were staying.
"Halt! Who are you? This is the residence of the Merchant Association's honored guests. No unauthorized visitors!"
The Merchant Association's guards approached them and shouted the order.
"We have come to visit the guests here," one of the black-robed figures said in a raspy voice.
"You?" The guard gave him a suspicious look. It was not that he looked down on others with a dog's eyes; he simply could not imagine what connection the two honored guests inside, who seemed to be Heaven Tier experts, could have with these Human Rank Spirit Tamers.
"Let them in. The two venerables already know why they have come." Just then, a somewhat elderly voice came from within.
"Chief Steward Zhou." The guard turned and saw the chief steward of this Separate Courtyard, a senior elder of the Merchant Association's Branch Headquarters, coming out.
He seemed to have received