Jialing City.
Located on the east side of Xiong River, Jialing City was the largest river port in Ping River. It had long been an important town in Ping River District, second only to the main city, Ping River City. There were many merchants who relied on boats to travel north and south, so the security of the town was naturally not something a small town could compare to.
Leaving Zhou Town overnight, Lu Ping's party traveled two hundred li at night, and arrived near Jialing City when the sky was slightly bright. Outside Dongcheng City, there was already a long line of people waiting to enter Jialing City, and go along the river port to other places. Among them were ordinary merchants, as well as cultivators. But there were very few people with special privileges in front of the city gate, so they could only follow the rules of Jialing City and wait for the gate to open.
Lu Ping's group of four had changed their clothes at this time. In the middle was Fang Yizhu, dressed in silk and satins, holding a snuff bottle in his right hand. His eyes were disdainful, and he looked like a rich merchant. Morin was skilled in hand-to-hand combat, walking in front of them, as if he was ready to take care of everything at any time. Lu Ping walked behind Fang Yizhu, carrying a pole. No one knew what was on the pole, but it looked quite heavy. Ling Ziyan followed on Fang Yizhu's right hand, holding a snuff bottle to serve him at any time. This was her old profession, and she was calm and flawless in her acting.
The four of them had come like this along the way, thanks to Mo Gai's words: animals are much easier to deceive than people.
Their role-playing was not very clever, and if someone were to stare at them, many flaws would be discovered very quickly. But in the eyes of animals, how could they see their true colors? Bionic methods ultimately relied on animals. If the animals were troubled, the information obtained from their side would also become very unclear.
Two hundred li passed without incident, and now the four of them mixed into the queue. No one around them paid attention to them, but how would they pass the inspection to enter the city? The four of them looked at each other.
"Don't you know it's like this here?" Fang Yizhu whispered to Morin.
"It wasn't like this before. Could it be because of us?" Morin whispered back.
Fang Yizhu raised his head, took a few big steps forward, and shouted, "Hey, who's that?"
Quite a few people turned around. Fang Yizhu glanced over, but even he didn't know who he was looking at. He just asked, "What's going on with Jialing City? It wasn't so troublesome to enter the city before! "
"You're asking me?" One of the people who turned around didn't know how such a misunderstanding occurred.
"Yes, I'm asking you." Fang Yizhu immediately said.
"It's all because of the felons who have been wanted for a long time. I heard that they ran into Chuanping District, so Chuanping District issued such a strict order." The man sighed and said. Following that, many people started to complain. Some blamed the culprits for the criminals, while others felt that the Dark Army was incompetent.
After Fang Yizhu got this information, he no longer participated in the discussion. He stepped back and looked at Lu Ping and the others with a "as expected" expression.
"If this is the case, I don't know how long we'll have to wait. Master, go to the side and take a rest!" Morin pretended to say.
"Alright." Fang Yizhu nodded, so the four of them temporarily left the group and retreated to the side. Not many people cared about it, and then the four of them slowly disappeared from the crowd's sight.
After a few miles away, seeing that there was no one around, the four of them stopped and began to discuss. Lu Ping and Ling Ziyan didn't have much experience with this kind of thing. In the end, they still needed Fang Yizhu and Morin to make the decision. As the planner of the second plan, Morin looked very confident.
"Don't panic, I have arrangements." Morin said.
"No panic." Lu Ping said.
"What arrangements do you have?" Fang Yizhu asked.
"If we can only go in and out of a town through the gate, how can we assassin brothers survive?" Morin said proudly.
"Oh, you know another way?" Lu Ping remembered that Morin knew of a secret mountain road that went straight into the city from outside the mountain.
"I'm not very familiar with Jialing City, but I have some connections." Morin said.
"So?" Fang Yizhu said.
"Wait a minute, it should be soon." Morin said and looked around. He had been leading the way, including after leaving the queue to enter the city, he led the three of them here. He looked around as if he was expecting something.
Lu Ping's expression suddenly changed slightly at this moment. He turned around and looked at the grove on the side.
"There's someone." Lu Ping said.
"We're waiting for someone." Morin said. He, who had always been the most cautious, actually strode towards the grove. When a figure came out from behind the tree, his face was full of smiles.
The person walked out of the grove and also greeted Morin. After the two exchanged a few words, the person looked at Lu Ping and the others, then nodded. Then Morin turned around and waved at the three of them.
When the three of them walked forward, the person had already gone back into the grove. The three of them looked at Morin suspiciously.
"Just follow him," Mo Lin said as he strode forward to catch up.
"Who is that?" Fang Yizhu asked.
"People in the same line." Morin said.
"People in the same line?"
"People in the same line as me." Morin said.
Fang Yizhu pondered for a while and finally asked, "Assassin's League?"
"You have a lot of knowledge?" Morin looked at Fang Yizhu and said with a little surprise.
"A little bit." Fang Yizhu said.
"What is it?" Lu Ping asked.
"How should I explain this? An association where assassins help each other? "Fang Yizhu's answer was to consult Morin.
"Your explanation is amazing! Brother, what do you think? "Morin said and shouted at the person leading the way.
The person paused and looked back, but didn't say anything. He turned back and continued to lead the way quietly.
"It's roughly what he said. Can you understand? "Morin said to Lu Ping.
"It's okay." Lu Ping nodded.
"Ahem." The person in front finally coughed.
"The organization has discipline. You are outsiders, so I can't say too much to you. Me, and this brother, as well as today's matter, you have to forget it. Do you understand? Otherwise, the consequences will be terrible. "Morin said with a serious expression, but there was a hint of mischief in his eyes.
"En." Lu Ping answered honestly and didn't say anything more.
The four people followed that person in silence. This small forest near Jialing City wasn't that big. After walking for a while, the person leading the way stopped, looked around cautiously, and beckoned the four people to come closer.
The four people came closer. The person had stopped in front of a tree, waved his hand, and a large piece of the seemingly intact bark was suddenly peeled off, revealing a tree hole that was half the height of a person.
"Fortunately, we are not fat." Looking at the tree hole, Morin muttered.
The person leading the way moved to the side, and Fang Yizhu moved forward, carefully sensing, and didn't find any problems. Going down from the tree hole, there seemed to be a tunnel that led to Jialing City.
"Thank you, brother." Morin greeted the person leading the way.
"A gentleman dies for a bosom friend." The person replied.
"A gentleman dies for a bosom friend." Morin nodded and replied with the same sentence.
"Is this your cut?" Fang Yizhu couldn't help but ask.
"It's a tradition, the spirit of an assassin." Morin said.
"Don't you want money to kill people?" Fang Yizhu said again.
"Less nonsense, hurry up." Morin shouted.
The four people entered the tree hole one by one, and there was a wooden ladder inside. Climbing down, it was indeed an underground passage. It was quite spacious, and it seemed that it was not as simple as a secret passage. The four people looked around, and the hole they came down from had been covered again. The walls on the left and right of the tunnel lit up, and they didn't know what kind of light was inlaid on it, but for a cultivator, this kind of light was enough.
"Let's go." Morin said, leading the way into the depths of the tunnel, and Lu Ping and the other two followed.
Outside the newly covered hole, the person leading the way tidied up the bark, and no traces could be seen. Then he pressed his palm on the tree, and a custom symbol drawn by the power of the soul suddenly lit up on the bark, flashed a few times, and then disappeared.
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