Jiangnan.
Nearly thirty thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards had spent two days searching every locality, stirring up an uproar everywhere. Government offices at every level seethed with complaints, people of every stripe panicked at the whistle of wind and cry of cranes, and curses inevitably rang out among the common folk.
At noon, on the training ground in Kang'an Ward.
Eight hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards stood in silence.
They knew one another well, their bonds forged through life and death. They had once followed Lord Jia to hold Gourd Mouth Pass, turning back the falling heavens in a single battle and leaving their names in the annals of history!
As the Golden Flying Fish Uniform slowly approached, they were about to greet him in unison.
Jia Huan abruptly raised a hand.
The training ground instantly fell so silent that not even a crow or sparrow could be heard.
Anxiety flickered across every resolute face. Only four days remained.
"Bring them here!" Jia Huan ordered.
Water Skimmer, Iron Palm, Fathead Fish, and Drunkard brought over four boxes filled with hand-drawn military maps.
For the past few days, their leader had gone without sleep every night, bent over his desk drawing maps.
Jia Huan walked up to the first Embroidered Uniform Guard and handed him a map.
He distributed them personally, a process that took a full hour.
At last, everyone had received a map.
Every map was different.
Jia Huan returned to the raised platform and said solemnly:
"Each of you will take three Kirin Office Embroidered Uniform Guards with you. Disguise your faces and travel in the direction marked on your map!"
"Remember, whatever happens, keep moving, keep moving, and keep moving, until..."
After a long pause, Jia Huan looked at Water Skimmer.
Water Skimmer raised two jars high. Inside were