Elder Tang was not lacking in scheming. Rather, having lived for tens of thousands of years, they had always handled matters this way. Asking him to suddenly spare an outside cultivator after using him would instinctively make him feel unsafe deep down. It was still better to eliminate all future trouble!
Li Yan suggested that there was no need for so much trouble. They only needed to calculate the timing and, a few days in advance, control several of the inn attendants. The remaining shopkeepers, greeters, and the like were not to be touched.
For inn attendants to tamper with things from within was already quite simple. The rest depended on how they arranged their control within the inn. So long as the setup was ingenious, it would not arouse the inn owners' suspicions at all.
That way, when the inn's other genuine greeters and attendants coordinated with them, everything would appear even more natural, making it harder for the enemy to spot any problem. Everyone discovered that this dark-skinned youngster was truly black-hearted...
After conducting on-site research, Elder Tang and the others repeatedly changed identities and observed Returning Goose Pavilion for a full month. In the end, they roughly rehearsed the process several times. Only after finding no problems did they withdraw...
After receiving Chunyang Hall's trail this time, they entered Bone Echo Market several days in advance. Li Yan and Tang Feng were naturally the fish baited on the hook, chiefly responsible for exposing themselves and luring the enemy in.
The risk to the two of them was no small matter. They could not be certain whether Elder Shi and Elder Hu, those two Body Integration Cultivators, possessed some unknown means. Old monsters who had lived too long often concealed methods beyond comprehension.
Yet Li Yan and Tang