The thin and scholarly man nodded and allowed the veiled woman to approach.

"Go ahead." The thin man said.

The veiled woman then produced a scroll in her hand, likely from a spatial treasure, and passed it to the thin man.

"I've taken the liberty to compile all the intelligence we've gathered, my lord. There are some parts you'll find rather, fascinating." The veiled woman spoke with a respectful tone.

The thin man opened the scroll and started reading it with his full concentration. At first, the man's expression seemed rather disinterested, but later it became more interested until finally, it reached the peak of elation.

"Hahaha!" The thin man laughed out loud.

"You've done well, very well. Seems like we have an interesting contender here." The thin man spoke with a joyous tone.

"How do we proceed, my lord? Do we bring him to you?" The veiled woman questioned.

"We know that his senses are sharp and he's been able to detect our people before. We also don't know who's backing him, but considering his strength and talent, I would say it's someone strong."

The man said and paused before continuing,

"Don't approach him for now and just observe him. Try to get a clue about his backer, if it's someone from our 'list', eliminate him. Otherwise, we may have a new pawn to play with." The thin man said.

"My lord, we still have one of our men watching him. He still has the old orders and is following them. He may end up making contact with the boy, which may end in conflict." The Woman added.

The thin man stroked his beard before speaking,

"Hmm, this does make it a little difficult. Try to send a message as soon as possible and if something does happen, try to avoid further conflict. We'll compensate him later."

"As you wish, my lord." The veiled woman respectfully spoke and turned around.

But just as she was about to leave, the thin man spoke up again.

"Just in case, assign one of our higher corps members to him."

The veiled woman seemed to be surprised, but it could not be seen from because of her veil.

"Are you sure my lord? All three of our higher corps members are currently assigned to long-term missions. If we recall any one of them, then all of their progress may go to waste." The veiled woman asked with an unnerved voice.

still a teen. She knew how much every higher corps member was worth. Each and every

considered to be the closest person to

would certainly be worth it." The thin man

I assign then, my lord?"

the second member of the higher corps. His character

I estimate it would take him ten days to reach the designated location." The veiled

sensitive and he will need to sever all ties before returning." The veiled woman added with

he reaches there, you may personally oversee this assignment." The thin man spoke

say, my lord." The woman replied

minutes later, after the woman was gone, the thin man stood up and withdrew a jade slip out of a spatial treasure. He held it in his

a new solution,

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at the Northern

neighborhood. So far he had not seen anything strange or unusual. He also had a doubt whether the townsmen who disappeared were taken by the darkly

who had entered the town all the way to

was something metallic, as it gave off a glint. He knew that it was not something a guard would carry and was specially made for an unknown

on that guard from the start.' Lin

him to return back. He reached the square and saw that three people were already standing

man approached Lin

you find

Mu shook his head as

and everyone is sleeping. Except for a few stray dogs and

we only have to wait for Xiao Lu to return

passed by and there was no sign of Xiao Lu. The portly man seemed to be getting nervous now. Five more minutes passed and the

he comes." Lin Mu

looked around but could not see

The three men

the darkness, no wonder they were confused. He then pointed

they could see the sprinting figure of Xiao Lu appearing from the

"HELP!!!" He shouted

man who had brought Lin Mu went forward to help, but before he could even do anything the dogs stopped by themselves.

when he couldn't hear the sounds of the dogs behind him. He looked at the people in front of

Where did

of the three people along with Lin

weren't barking, only chasing." The man who

man nodded before turning to

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