Cao Jinxing and He Qianqiu arrived a step ahead and checked into the Deer Horse Platform inn, securing the best position for observing movements at the Qin Mausoleum.
But the others had not been idle either. Throughout the latter half of the night, people arrived at the Qin Mausoleum one after another.
Among them were members of the Opera House, gathering from various regions after receiving Yan Shifan's orders.
Cao Jinxing concealed his cultivation and gave nothing away, but He Qianqiu had no such reservations. He unleashed his faxiang aura in full, and dark clouds massed above the inn.
Experts of the righteous path could still approach, but those of the underworld could not flee fast enough.
Among those in the Jianghu who had attained faxiang through lightning arts, aside from the masters of the Celestial Master Mansion of Dragon-Tiger Mountain, the most famous were the Pacification Commission's Southern and Northern Pacification Commissioners, the first two of the Thirteen Guardians. One was a direct successor of the Celestial Masters' Mansion, while the other was the strongest practitioner of the Shenxiao Sect. The Shenxiao Thunder Scripture paired with Frenzied Thunder Spearmanship produced terrifying explosive power!
Most Opera House members were notorious bandits guilty of all manner of crimes. None had clean hands, and coming to their doorstep would be pure suicide.
So although more and more people arrived, most kept their distance.
"How frightening~"
Atop a tall building at the southwestern corner of the Qin Mausoleum, two women with graceful figures stood on the upturned eaves. Wearing long white and blue-green dresses and theatrical masks, they gazed at the dark clouds above Deer Horse Platform and giggled.
The blue-green-clad woman carried a pipa on his back. He said leisurely, "He Qianqiu, the Shenxiao Thunder Scripture... Sister, isn't that an art from