Hou Niao walked slowly and listened quietly. Since he could not make too obvious an effort to identify who was speaking, he could neither answer nor ask questions.
There were a full twenty or thirty enforcement Daoists from the Six-Eared Hall, mostly cultivators of the Spirit Sense and Natural Realms. Given the endlessly shifting methods of the Daoist Sect, he did not even have a chance to look up. Surely he could not expose such a rare chess piece just to satisfy his curiosity?
He found it rather funny: one undercover agent facing another lying low. How absurd.
He hoped to receive more information. Who would be escorting You Chao'en? How many? Was there a trap? Was Benefactor Xu alive or dead? And so on...
But that undercover agent in the Six-Eared Hall gave him only that single piece of information, right up until the two parties had passed each other completely and disappeared from sight.
Hou Niao was not entirely satisfied, because he had been treated as a mere tool, a pure assassin. Yet he was also very satisfied, because everything had been so professional and meticulous. Clearly, this agent had great confidence in his information. His tone had been certain throughout, without the slightest hesitation.
Since the man did not hesitate, neither would Hou Niao.
However much he worried, what had to be done still had to be done. He could hardly beat the drum of retreat now, could he?
There was nothing in the Celestial Master Treasure Hall that interested him. Leaving the Celestial Master Temple, he took out the Jianye Map, compared it carefully with his surroundings, and began choosing a suitable place to strike between the two points.
The Zhaohua Heavenly Pool was also within Jianye City, one of the Qi Sect's countless properties. He