The weather was excellent that night. The moon hid behind the clouds, the night was pitch-black, the air dry, and the wind neither too strong nor too weak.
It was just as the saying went: "A moonless night for murder, a windy day for arson."
Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun slipped out of the martial academy and raced across the rooftops.
Without moonlight, darkness surrounded them; they could not see their own fingers held before their faces.
But Chu Yunyun's eyesight had reached the limits of the human body. To her, the nighttime scenery looked little different from daylight.
Chu Xisheng had just strengthened his Five Senses Attunement talent, so he could also see in the dark.
Only Chu Xisheng's movement technique was somewhat lacking. The second layer of Light-Cloud Movement was still insufficient for him to leap freely across the complex terrain of the rooftops.
He prioritized caution, making sure not to make a sound even if it meant moving more slowly.
Chu Yunyun ran ahead, stopping from time to time to wait for Chu Xisheng to catch up.
They soon reached the eastern part of the city and stopped on the eaves of a five-story restaurant.
It stood near the city wall, only thirty zhang from the east gate and less than three li from the eastern docks.
Looking down from there, they could see a large freight depot covering more than ten mu not far ahead.
A large banner bearing the words "Long Clan Freight Depot" hung at its entrance, fluttering in the wind.
Farther away, several night watchmen were beating their watch drums.
"The fourth watch! Mind your fires and candles!"
Chu Xisheng knew this place. It was the Long Household's freight distribution center, where all the bulk goods they traded were transferred and stored.
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