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.

expect that her lord would place such a big importance on that cultivator who was still a teen. She knew how much every higher corps member was worth.

considered to be the closest person to her lord,

he is what I think, then it would certainly be worth it."

I assign then, my lord?" The

higher corps. His character

is currently in the Black Dawn kingdom, my lord. I estimate it would take him ten days to reach

he will need to sever all ties before returning."

personally oversee this

be done as you say, my

a spatial treasure. He held it in his hand and let it activate. The jade

new solution, elder brother." The

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the

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 dressed men

way to their houses. He

a glint. He knew that it was not something a guard would carry and was specially made for an unknown reason. The guard was a definite suspect as he

that guard

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

portly man approached Lin

you find anything

shook his head

is sleeping. Except for a few

for Xiao

nervous now. Five more minutes passed and

there he comes." Lin

men looked around but could not see anyone

three men asked in

understood their confusion. The men could not see as far as him in the darkness, no wonder they were confused. He then pointed at an alley and everyone

the sounds of someone running, they could see the sprinting figure of Xiao Lu appearing from the alley

"HELP!!!" He shouted

do anything the dogs stopped by themselves. They growled a little and then started

a state of panic. He stopped when he

happened? Where did

with

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

nodded before turning to Xiao

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