When they learned that, despite paying to travel with the caravan, they had to pose as wagon escorts, quite a few members of both squads began to grumble.
There was no way around it, though. The old man explained that, aside from being forbidden to ride inside the wagons or wear anything that might expose their identities as Demon Hunters, they were completely free. They did not have to work and could leave the caravan whenever and wherever they wished. After that, no one had any further objections.
Following the white-haired old man's instructions, the two Demon Hunt Squads entered the Yue Ye Merchant Company's caravan, which was about to leave the city, and found the consul responsible for assigning their roles.
The consul seemed to know that the dozen or so of them were Demon Hunters. Although he said nothing about it, he treated them with the utmost respect, behaving with extreme caution.
After lining up to collect his wagon escort's clothes, Yue Chen cast an interested glance at the consul's left hand, which he held behind his back, startling him into a shudder.
Yue Chen smiled slightly to reassure him that he had no intention of making trouble for him.
"Brother Yue, did you notice too?" Long Haochen, who had just collected his clothes, approached Yue Chen and whispered, "That consul is secretly recording us with a Scouting Gem."
"I know," Yue Chen replied.
They also had one of the Scouting Gems the consul was hiding behind his back. Theirs, however, was a mission item intended for their exploration of the Cave of Dreadful Wails.
The gem was small, only about the size of an index finger, but it had a memory function. Once activated with spiritual power, it could continuously record and store images of its surroundings...