"Chief Altar Master, under the current circumstances, I believe we cannot simply wait for Jin Nineteen and the others to send word back. We need to coordinate with them and take further action.
After daybreak, send a message according to the secret code Zhao Yidong provided, passing it normally to the marketplace at the second priority location and telling them that the people here have safely left the city.
Then Jin Nineteen can monitor what sort of people receive the message over there, and what measures they take afterward. If we can use this opportunity to uncover those deeper behind them, only then might we reap a greater harvest.
On the other side, we should likewise send people disguised as the two shop clerks out of the city, then have them wait at the designated location.
In any case, those two needed to truly alter their appearances. We need only send unfamiliar faces, which will instead make things easier for us here.
If we can capture the people going to meet them, it will be flowers blooming on two branches, allowing us to expand our investigation of the clues once again.
Zhao Yidong's residence in the city must also be thoroughly searched. I will conduct the search personally and see whether I can uncover more spider-thread traces and horse-track signs!
Li Yan answered swiftly. He was still thinking about what the Chief Altar Master had just said regarding Lin Fengshan and Xu Li, especially the forces behind them within the main altar.
Li Yan wondered whether Lin Fengshan and Xu Li had truly joined them normally. Such matters could in fact be faked, but after hearing the Chief Altar Master merely gloss over it in a single sentence, he seemed to understand some of the man's intentions.
This Chief Altar