Jiao Shanhe and the other two guards suggested that Zu An travel in a carriage today. There was no way others would be able to tell if Zu An was inside an enclosed carriage. This would add another layer of protection.
Zu An rejected this suggestion. If they did this, then his line of sight would be blocked and he wouldn’t be able to discover danger ahead of time.
This was related to his very life! He didn’t want to give his enemy the initiative.
When the three guards saw Zu An ride proudly along the street as if he was scared that others wouldn’t know, the three guards became completely speechless. But since this was already how things were, they could only grit their teeth. They were all praying that nothing would happen.
A distant small peddler secretly released a pigeon when Zu An had just left the gates.
Soon afterwards, a red haired man removed a small slip of paper from this same pigeon in a hidden courtyard. He frowned when he read the coded message. “He left this quickly, moreover with just three guards?”
One of his subordinates said excitedly from the side, “This kid really has a death wish! This is a great opportunity! Let’s just get rid of him and avenge the second boss!”
Chen Xuan immediately roared at this subordinate, “Is that how I taught you? Never underestimate your enemy, only then can you live a long life! This bastard Zu An took down Plum Blossom Sect and even ended your second boss’ life! Do you really think he’s some idiot?”
That subordinate shook his head. “I don’t think so.”
“That’s more like it.” Chen Xuan snorted. “In my opinion, this is completely a trap to draw me out.”
“But what if it isn’t? It’ll be such a huge waste to let this chance go…” That subordinate muttered.
Chen Xuan thought for a moment. “I’ll take a look around and make a move if there’s an opportunity. All of you can just stay here. There’s people looking for us everywhere in the city, it’ll only be more dangerous if all of you come along.”
“You have to be careful boss!” The others all cupped their hands and voiced their acknowledgement.
Chen Xuan grunted in approval, and then he secretly left the courtyard. Only after noticing that there was no one around did he remove the thin mask on his face.
When this mask was removed, his appearance began to slowly change, transforming into an ordinary face that wouldn’t draw any attention in a crowd.
Even his head of fiery hair became the most ordinary and commonly seen black color.
This was the Blackwind Stockade’s Chen Xuan, someone who had run rampant for so many years. He had done so many outrageous things, yet no one could ever catch him. How could someone like this possibly be of the hot-headed and impulsive sort?
When he appeared in Immortal Abode with a head of bright red hair and an arrogant and aggressive demeanor, that was an image he deliberately created. He wanted everyone to associate him with red hair.
But how could this Chen Xuan be stupid to the extent where he’ll show his true face to others?
Not even the people in the Blackwind Stockade knew that he always wore a mask
He was already used to all types of betrayal, lingering on the brink between and life and death since his youth. There was no way he would show his trump cards to outsiders.
Chen Xuan rushed straight in Zu An’s direction. He was able to quickly catch up with his speed.
He secretly observed for a while, but he didn’t notice any type of ambush nearby.
An evil grin appeared on his face. When he was just about to make a move, he suddenly noticed Zu An’s completely carefree expression. This brat looked like he was marching in a parade or something, as if he was scared others wouldn’t notice him.
He immediately hesitated. What the hell?
Soon afterwards, he understood what was going on!
A normal ambush wouldn’t do anything against him.
There had to be another top level expert hiding nearby. It might very well be Chu Zhongtian or the academy’s Jiang Luofu that personally came.
With those two’s skills, he obviously had no way of locating them.
“Holy shit! I almost fell for his trap!”
Chen Xuan wiped at the cold sweat pouring out of his forehead. He stared fiercely at the distant Zu An.
“This little bastard really is treacherous!”
You have successfully trolled Chen Xuan for +666 Rage!
Zu An felt a chill run through him when he saw the Rage points come in. He immediately went completely on guard. He secretly examined his surroundings to find out where Chen Xuan was.
But how could he possibly know that the current Chen Xuan wasn’t that red haired man in his mind at all?
Even though he was careful with his observations, how could it escape the detection of an experienced person like Chen Xuan?
He immediately noticed Zu An’s unusual behavior. A wave of shock filled Chen Xuan’s mind.
There shouldn’t be any way for this kid to have noticed me with his cultivation level!
Did that hidden expert notice him?
He began to panic. After all, he was using his real appearance right now! Things really will become troublesome if he was seen.
But he was still a veteran in this field. He didn’t reveal anything out of the ordinary and continued his act as an ordinary pedestrian, leaving this street.
Only after walking past a few streets and making sure that no one was following him did he finally release a breath of relief.
“I have to be more careful in the future… today was too close of a call…”
On the other side, Zu An looked everywhere, yet he couldn’t even find a single trace of Chen Xuan. He didn’t receive any more Rage points from the other party either.
He then realized what happened. This Chen Xuan probably secretly left.
“Did I make it too obvious?”
Zu An began to reflect over his actions. From the various intelligence he had on this fella, Chen Xuan was more crafty than a fox, more cautious than a mouse. It might not be that easy to bait this kind of guy into a trap.
They had already unknowingly arrived at Immortal Abode. Because his invitation card was from Qiu Honglei, there was a servant girl who quickly brought him to Immortal Abode’s rear court.
Qiu Honglei didn’t bother with anything like boating this time after the disturbance last time. She directly received him in her room.
She was immediately stunned when she saw this man wolf down the food in front of him. “There really aren’t many men who think of food in this type of place. You might be the first.”