The long night was far from over-the very hour when demons and monsters prowled.
Su Jiu and the others naturally could not stand at the entrance, waiting in full view of everyone. She suspected that this group had someone inside the Ghost Market they could contact. If their contact came out first and spotted them, they would surely warn their accomplices, and all their efforts might come to nothing.
At first, this was all Su Jiu's conjecture. Fortunately, her companions were clever and cooperative enough. Once she explained her thoughts and what they should do, no one raised unnecessary questions; they simply followed her instructions. Otherwise, she would have wasted a great deal of time explaining.
Following Su Jiu's instructions, the four of them concealed themselves on the rooftops of several nearby houses, used Concealment Breath Talismans to hide their auras, and waited quietly. That wait lasted four hours.
Even Yu Jin began to wonder whether they had taken the wrong approach. He had followed Su Jiu's instructions because his thinking matched hers, but now it seemed...
Just as Yu Jin was lost in thought, an unusually tall man emerged from the Ghost Market. At first glance, nothing about him seemed out of the ordinary, but his next actions told the others that their target for tonight had likely appeared.
Like everyone who visited the Ghost Market, the man wore a blue-faced, fang-bearing ghost mask. His voice was low. Though the mask blocked divine sense and concealed his face, it could not hide his Golden Core Stage cultivation.
Yu Jin narrowed his eyes as he studied the man. His voice sounded familiar, as though he had heard it somewhere before.
The man opened his palm, and a Message Talisman suddenly appeared in his hand.
They clearly heard him say, "Come