Chapter 254: Dangerous Jianghu (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The sky turned dark, and a breeze blew away the clouds. A bright moon appeared in the sky above the town.
On top of a three-story restaurant outside Grasping Moon Alley, Pei Xiangjun, dressed in night clothes, was lying on the roof and carefully paying attention to the movements in the buildings. Beside her were two long spears wrapped in black cloth.
The big fluffy bird was squatting at the side. It had been flying back and forth on the roofs, paying attention to the situation inside and outside so that they could rush to each other’s aid in time if anything abnormal happened.
It had been two hours since Ye Jingtang entered. From the signal of the bird, everything was normal. As expected, they were waiting for someone.
Pei Xiangjun knew that they had found the right place. The Grasping Moon Tower was in contact with the Prince of Wu, who was hiding. She was highly focused and paying attention to the surroundings.
After paying attention for half a day, she finally noticed that there was movement outside the town. Under the moonlight, she could see a fast horse galloping over on the official road outside the town.
She took out her monocular and looked out of the town. She could see that the person riding the horse was a man in a scholar’s robe. After arriving outside the town, he flew up without dismounting. His figure was like an eagle as he passed through the houses at an astonishing speed and headed straight for Grasping Moon Alley.
When Pei Xiangjun saw this scene, she knew that the Prince of Wu had taken the bait and sent someone over to negotiate. As long as the Prince of Wu’s trusted aide appeared, the bird would be able to track him down.
Pei Xiangjun shifted her gaze to the back. She wanted to see how many people the Prince of Wu had arranged to come over, but when she looked, she discovered that something was wrong.
As soon as the man in the scholarly robe jumped into the town, a black shadow flashed across the mountains outside the town. He maintained a distance of half a kilometer and followed him. From the distance and position, it was obvious that he was following the man in the scholarly robe without being discovered.
When Pei Xiangjun saw this scene, she was surprised and doubtful. The man in the scholarly robe had come riding a horse, while the person following behind was on foot. If he had relied solely on lightness skills to keep up, then the lightness skills of the black shadow behind were quite amazing.
Pei Xiangjun secretly observed the movements of the person in front and the one behind. Soon, she discovered that the man in the scholarly robe had landed near Grasping Moon Alley. He spoke with the people from the Grasping Moon Tower and quickly entered the building complex.
The black shadow following behind silently landed on a house and entered the Huang family’s mansion.
But as soon as the black shadow approached the range of Grasping Moon Alley, he suddenly stopped. Then he actually raised his head and turned his gaze toward Third Lady. He even took out a long cylinder from his waist and pulled it open to look at her location.
When Pei Xiangjun saw this scene, she was so shocked that she broke out in cold sweat. Because she was wearing night clothes and hiding well, she didn’t move at all, and even her breathing was stagnant.
But the black shadow in the distance had clearly discovered that someone was watching from the roof here. After taking a look, he quickly put away the monocular, turned around, and flew out of the town at an extremely high speed. He disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Pei Xiangjun was shocked and a little confused. She didn’t dare to be careless and carefully observed the direction in which the black shadow disappeared.
But after waiting for half an hour, the black shadow didn’t return. Instead, she discovered a white-clothed ghost appear on the path that the black shadow had taken.
The person was wearing a snow-colored long dress and a veiled hat. Her figure looked ethereal and immortal. As she strolled, she seemed to have fused with the world. Even her robe fluttered with the rhythm of integrating with the environment.
The way the woman in white moved was very special. She was almost walking on the path the black shadow had just taken. After walking for a short distance, she would stop to take a look. She should be checking the footprints. After tracking to the spot where the black shadow had stopped, the woman in white stopped.
Pei Xiangjun knew that something was wrong. She pressed herself against the roof in advance to avoid being discovered again.
But the woman in white clearly had unfathomable martial arts skills. She didn’t dare to lose sight of her for too long. After a moment, she raised her head and continued to observe.
As expected, the woman in white had already followed the direction in which the black shadow had left and gradually disappeared from her vision.
Pei Xiangjun was baffled. From these clues, she could roughly deduce the situation. There was an expert with extraordinary lightness skills who had secretly followed the Prince of Wu’s person for some purpose. And the unfathomable woman in white was tracking the lightness skills expert from behind.
Based on this alone, it was obvious that it was impossible to tell what forces the two of them belonged to and whether they were enemies or friends.
Pei Xiangjun thought for a moment and could only sigh that the situation in Wu Province was indeed chaotic. She continued to observe the surroundings…
The sky was dark, and the main hall in the depths of Grasping Moon Alley was already lit up.
After the initial negotiation, Huang Yulong didn’t say much because he was afraid of making a mistake if he spoke too much. He just sat by the tea table and waited.
Luo Ning was sitting in the main seat and gently stroking her teacup. Because she was wearing a veil, she naturally didn’t drink it.
Ye Jingtang stood with his hands clasped behind his back. The expert guard was full of energy. From the beginning to the end, his bamboo hat didn’t even sway.
After waiting for nearly two hours, there was finally movement outside the hall.
Luo Ning turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a scholarly robe walk in. He was holding a folding fan in his hand and tapping it lightly on his palm. His posture was rather elegant and calm. After entering, he cupped his hands and bowed. “I am Bai Siming. 1 have long heard of Madam Xue’s reputation. Seeing you today, you’re indeed extraordinary.”
Luo Ning was pretending to be a ‘life-saving straw’, so she definitely couldn’t be too polite. She postured very well and didn’t get up. She merely raised her hand. “Mr. Bai, please take a seat. How has the Prince of Wu been recently?”
Bai Siming sat down beside Huang Yulong. He actually still had some doubts in his heart. Huang Yulong knew that Bai Siming was worried that the other party was pretending to be people from the Pacifying Heaven Cult to get information. “Sir Bai, don’t worry. When I went to the Heavenly South two years ago, 1 was lucky enough to meet Madam Xue. She can pretend to be a beauty in Jianghu, but she can’t pretend to be the number one beauty in Jianghu..”
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