Jiang Wang walked forward until he reached the end of the street. Very naturally, he turned right, walked forward, turned left, and then quickly turned into a small alley.
He walked through Wenxi County Town with ease and familiarity, as if he had lived here for a long time and had no interaction with the passersby.
He flipped into a courtyard. When he reappeared, he was already wearing a cloak and a black robe. He had changed his attire.
Before he left, he deliberately made a noise.
Not long after, a naked fat man rushed out from inside. He held a steel saber in his hand, looking aggressive. Looking into the courtyard, he immediately cursed, "I'm your mother!! Where's my robe that I hung out to dry? "
A skinny man beside him also squeezed out, "Hey! Who did it? My cloak that I hung outside has also been stolen! "
"I'm your mother!" The fat man looked around and cursed, "You even dare to steal my, Zheng Laosan's, things!"
"Third Brother, look!" The skinny man's eyes suddenly lit up and he pointed forward.
The fat man narrowed his eyes and looked.
There was a stone table in the courtyard. The clothesline that used to hang the robe was not far from the stone table. At this moment, the robe was gone. Instead, there was a shiny silver ingot on the stone table. It could buy who knows how many sets of robes and bamboo hats.
"Wow!" Zheng Laosan was furious. He strode forward and chopped down with his saber, "Little thief, you dare to humiliate me!"
His voice was filled with indignation. It was obvious that his dignity and personality had been greatly challenged.
The steel saber fell, splitting the silver ingot into two pieces.
The saber blade struck the stone table, creating sparks.
Zheng Laosan's fat hand swiped and took away the majority of the silver ingot, leaving only a small piece. "Fourth Brother, this is the money he left for you to buy the cloak. I'll take the money for my robe first. "
Even though Li Laosan had something to say, he couldn't say it in front of the shiny steel saber. He could only bitterly say, "Listen to Big Brother."
There were three countries to the west of Yong. From north to south, they were Chen, Reef, and Luo.
Chen was in the northwest, Luo was in the southwest, and Reef was in the west.
Shun 'an Prefecture was the western prefecture of the Yong Kingdom, and Wenxi County was located in the western part of Shun' an Prefecture, close to the border town. It was not too far from the Reef Kingdom.
The headquarters of the Clear Cloud Pavilion was located in such a remote place. It could be seen that they were not doing well. It was probably slightly stronger than Cheng Guo's Ethereal Palace, but it was still limited.
This trip to the Azure Cloud Pavilion to search for the lost building of the Cloud Top Immortal Palace was different from the time in the Ethereal Palace.
In the Ethereal Palace, Dou Mian had already cleared all obstacles, including the resistance from the upper echelons of the Cheng Nation. The Ethereal Palace completely belonged to Dou Mian. With Dou Mian's cooperation, he only needed to go over and take over.
As for the Azure Cloud Pavilion, he had to consider the upper echelons of Yong. He didn't have the backing of the Dou Family or the Chu Kingdom.
Therefore, even if the strength of the Azure Cloud Pavilion was not that great, he still had to keep a low profile.
The lost building of the Cloud Top Immortal Palace, regardless of whether the people of the Azure Cloud Pavilion knew of its existence or not, would not allow Jiang Wang to take it away so easily. It was even impossible for him to make a deal with it. If he boldly went to the Azure Cloud Pavilion and made his conditions clear, the biggest possibility was that the Azure Cloud Pavilion would swallow the Cloud Top Immortal Palace whole.
In a foreign country, with no clear path in front of him and no support behind him, he had to be extremely cautious.
The fact that Jiang Wang was willing to use three days to walk through most of the streets of Wenxi County and familiarize himself with the county was the embodiment of this caution.
And this caution, at least at this very moment, had won him the first advantage over Zhang Linchuan — the "geographical advantage."
He had to make good use of this advantage to achieve victory.
Wearing a cloak and a long robe, Jiang Wang strode forward and quickly arrived at his target's location.
On the street where he had just met Zhang Linchuan, there were not many possible destinations that Zhang Linchuan could have chosen.
At that time, when he had turned around to thank the auntie, he had seen from the corner of his eye that Zhang Linchuan was heading to the left.
That direction was a straight road. On the way, there were five forks in the road, three to the left and two to the right, each leading to a different place. The intersection that Jiang Wang had just arrived at was the first one on the left.
Judging from Zhang Linchuan's previous walking speed, if nothing unexpected happened, he should have passed through or turned into this fork in half an hour.
Timing was very important.
After silently calculating the time in his heart, Jiang Wang steadied his breath and stepped out.
He didn't intend to do anything now.
But the first meeting just now was too sudden. In order to hide his hostility, he didn't have time to take a closer look. He needed to see Zhang Linchuan again, observe his state, feel his breath, and get more accurate information.
At the same time, he was also wondering if there was a way to leave a trace on Zhang Linchuan.
Perhaps he could try to sneak into a Spirit Concealment Snake?
He quickly rejected this idea. The Tongtian Palace was a key place. The Spirit Concealment Snake would almost certainly be discovered. That would alert the enemy.
Or he could capture some breath and keep it for later investigation?
This could be considered a way out. Unfortunately, the level of Trace was too low. He was afraid that it could not bear the heavy responsibility.
In short, the first purpose was to determine Zhang Linchuan's current strength and state.
The second purpose was to try to leave a possibility of investigation.
The best result was that in addition to this, he could also confirm the goal of Zhang Linchuan's trip. In that way, he could make a completely targeted plan, just like how he dealt with Hai Zongming. Know yourself and know your enemy, and then you will win every battle.
It should be said that Jiang Wang's attitude was cautious, and his actions were steady.
He walked out of the intersection and turned right.
There were many pedestrians coming from the opposite direction. They were of different heights, fat, and thin, and their accents were mixed. Jiang Wang made himself calmer and more relaxed. He casually glanced around …
Nothing!
There was no figure that matched the target.
Zhang Linchuan was gone!
Jiang Wang's heart stopped for a moment, and Sauvignon Blanc almost jumped out of its sheath on the spot.
But his breathing was steady, and his eyes were calm.
He still walked forward calmly. His heart immediately resumed beating, and he tried to beat as gently as possible.
There was a problem.
This was a fork that he had to pass, but he didn't see Zhang Linchuan appear. He either suddenly changed his direction or suddenly changed his speed. No matter what the reason was, it seemed that he had discovered something!
Had he been discovered?
The more it was like this, the calmer he should be.
Jiang Wang walked slowly. He seemed to be carelessly pressing his hand on his sword, but his thoughts were spinning rapidly in his mind.
If he were Zhang Linchuan, no matter how he discovered it, even if he really discovered it … what could he discover?
It was nothing more than being suddenly noticed by a passerby on the streets of Wenxi County in the Yong Kingdom.
That passerby was wearing a mask and wrapped tightly. His voice was also very unfamiliar.
Could he recognize that it was Jiang Wang?
For the Bone Envoy, he needed to pay attention to Dong A and Wei Quji, who could interfere with the Bone Path's plan. Even for the identity of Zhang Linchuan of the Zhang family, Jiang Wang was just a new inner sect disciple, a rising star of the Dao Academy. He had probed him once in Tangshe Town, but it was just a probe …
In his impression, Jiang Wang must have been destroyed along with the Maplewood City. He was no different from the hundreds of thousands of people who had died. At that time, was Jiang Wang more outstanding than Wei Yan, Zhao Lang, Shen Nanqi, and them?
And did he show hostility and killing intent? Jiang Wang examined himself seriously.
He was very sure that he didn't show any emotions.
Then, facing a stranger who only showed attention, what choice would Zhang Linchuan make?
Kill him, avoid him, and find out what was going on?
The Bone Envoy was naturally indifferent to life and death. The choice of killing someone was no more difficult than killing a chicken. But the best time had been missed.
If he wanted to kill someone, he should have made his move the moment Jiang Wang observed Zhang Linchuan but failed.
There was no movement until now, which meant that Zhang Linchuan had given up on the first choice.
For someone like Zhang Linchuan, there was naturally no need to avoid a stranger who was paying attention to him. Therefore, he probably wanted to find out what was going on. He wanted to know who was paying attention to him and why. Was there any hostility towards him?
As his thoughts raced, he quickly made a judgment — Zhang Linchuan might be spying on him in the dark!
Jiang Wang's footsteps quickened and he suddenly sped up.
However, when his gaze swept over, the pedestrians were the same as before. No one within his field of vision showed any abnormalities.
Where was Zhang Linchuan hiding?
Now the situation had reversed. The enemy was in the dark while he was in the light.
Jiang Wang had to admit that Zhang Linchuan was more difficult to deal with than he had imagined. He had concealed himself several times before coming to observe Zhang Linchuan. Now it seemed that he was still not cautious enough.
He didn't know where he had exposed himself, but at this point, he could only deal with it.
He had to deal with it well.
At this moment, a green-skinned man was walking over in a sloppy manner.
The young man was about to turn right, but for some reason, he changed his mind and went to the left.
He just happened to bump into a man dressed as a scholar.
It seemed that going to the left was a bad choice.
"Are your dog eyes blind?!" Qing Pi angrily grabbed the skinny scholar.
The scholar said angrily, "I went this way, and you also went this way. How can you blame me?"
"How dare you quibble!" The young man raised his fist and was about to hit him.
A hand caught his fist.
"It's just a small matter. Why do you have to be like this?" Jiang Wang easily separated the two people who were entangled and gently advised, "When you go out, harmony is the most important thing."
In the interval of "persuasion", he carefully observed the people on the street, but the result was the same. He still didn't find the figure suspected to be Zhang Linchuan.
"Am I worrying for nothing?" He thought.
"Zhang Linchuan may have suddenly received some news and turned around to leave."
"It'd better be so …"
The young man was easily caught by Jiang Wang. He knew that he was powerful and didn't even say a word. As soon as Jiang Wang "persuaded" him, he hurriedly left.
"Brother, thank you for your help." The thin scholar cupped his hands and thanked him.
"You're welcome," Jiang Wang patted him on the shoulder and continued to move forward, "I have something to do. I'll go first."
At this moment.
The crowd on the street suddenly stopped.
The figures disappeared one by one.
After the crowd faded away, only a figure was left in front of them.
His back was straight, his hair hanging down, and his temperament was cold, as if he was out of the world.
He was the only one left on the long street. As far as the eye could see, there was only this figure left.
He turned around.
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