"Xiao Hong, you can go down now!"

Seeing that the maid Xiaohong was still somewhat afraid of the little black cat, Lin Xiaofei said something indifferently.

He noticed that the little black cat's strength had greatly increased, so he became curious and watched it from a distance without disturbing it.

Half an hour later, the little black cat, which had been full of energy, seemed to calm down a lot and stopped running around.

Lin Xiaofei watched it from afar and thought for a moment. He figured the little black cat probably ate the entire beast, the Azure Wind Wolf, last night, which was why it hadn't digested it properly. That's why it was using this method of slapping the thick tree branch to release the excess power in its body.

The ground was covered with a lot of black fur.

All the fur was shed from the little black cat, whose body had grown larger and looked like a little tiger, a mix of cat and tiger.

The black cat stopped its frantic running, easily leaped up to another tree as thick as an arm, and roared at the sky.

Soon, the little black cat saw Lin Xiaofei watching it from afar, and quickly leaped down to the ground.

It came to Lin Xiaofei's side with a well-behaved look, meowing as if it were very happy.

Lin Xiaofei smiled, squatted down, stroked the little black cat's head, and said softly:

Go have fun.

In the morning, under the bright sun, Lin Xiaofei planned to go to the residence of the inner disciples of the Qingfeng Gang to find out some information about the gang from his senior brother Feng Yilun.

When he stepped into the Green Peak Gang, he saw a member of the Internal Affairs Hall holding a mission order, who came directly to his side and gave him a temporary task.

This task was personally issued by the head of the Internal Affairs Hall, and Lin Xiaofei had no choice but to accept it. At the same time, he also saw that some disciples were also forcibly assigned tasks.

A short while later, the head of the Internal Affairs Hall divided the group of people who had received the mission into ten teams before they set off.

As Lin Xiaofei walked out of the Qingfeng Gang's gate, he followed behind one of the groups.

Then, they each mounted their horses, passed through several streets, exited the west gate, and headed towards Hongshan Bay.

Throughout their journey, Lin Xiaofei has yet to learn what they are supposed to do or what their mission is.

A group of people arrived at the mission location in Hongshan Shuiwan. In a large courtyard, the leader asked everyone to sit down, rest, and have some tea.

"Please have a seat for a while."

A group of people entered the courtyard. The middle-aged man at the head glanced around and said to everyone in a calm tone.

Ten minutes later, more people entered from outside the courtyard gate, increasing the group from just over thirty people to more than fifty.

Lin Xiaofei used his Illusionary Eye Technique to scan the group of people and sensed a hint of unease in their subtle expressions.

At this moment, he felt a sense of curiosity and also sensed that something was amiss.

"Okay, that's enough people."

Just now, Manager Li brought us more than ten more people.

The middle-aged martial artist who had been standing up stood up, glanced around, and said something to Li Fengyun.

"Manager Li is a member of our Grand Elder's faction, and also one of our own."

Originally, Steward Li was an ordinary inner disciple, but since he joined our side, he has worked diligently and taken good care of our people, which is why he was promoted to junior steward.

Of course, Xu Chen, the head of things here, is also one of our people.

Now, Hongshan Shuiwan is under the control of the Grand Elder.

However, just yesterday, our people discovered that some individuals had betrayed us and smuggled a large quantity of exotic beast meat from our Red Mountain out of the area.

The middle-aged man said something and glanced at the expressions on the faces of the group of people.

Lin Xiaofei simply listened from the side, observing the group without making a sound, and discovered that there were seven or eight inner disciples among them who had reached the Inner Qi Realm.

The person who spoke first had the highest cultivation level, possessing the early stage of the third-rate realm.

The rest of the people were mostly at the mid-to-late stage of the Stream-Entry realm, with only a few seven or eight people at the peak of the ordinary realm.

Lin Xiaofei counted; there were more than fifty people in their group.

When he set off from the Internal Affairs Hall, he saw ten teams, which meant that there were at least five hundred people in total. This mission was definitely not simple.

"Alright, some of you were temporarily brought here by me."

Some of you may not recognize me, so let me briefly introduce myself. My name is Hu Sanduo, and I am one of the deputy leaders of the Internal Affairs Hall of the Qingfeng Gang.

I have gathered you all here today to entrust you with an important task.

As he spoke, Hu Sanduo paused, glanced around, and said, "

Within the Qingfeng Gang, everyone knows that the Grand Elder manages Hongshan Water Bay, but someone has the audacity to secretly smuggle away the Grand Elder's belongings. Don't blame us for being impolite then.

As you probably know, the Grand Elder's disciple, Li Yunguo, was assassinated. Although the murderer has not been identified, there are some speculations.

Because of his disciple's death, the Grand Elder relaxed his management of Red Mountain Bay. Unexpectedly, a thief appeared in the gang and tried to smuggle his own things out.

Fortunately, our people made a discovery yesterday and informed the Grand Elder.

After an overnight investigation, it was discovered that some disciples of the Grand Elder's faction in the deep forests of Red Mountain had done something to betray the Grand Elder.

Therefore, we need to get rid of this group of people.

After speaking, Hu Sanduo's sharp gaze swept across the crowd, and everyone fell silent.

As Lin Xiaofei listened, he also thought about it and felt that something was wrong.

Logically speaking, he only possessed the strength of a peak ordinary level within this team, making him one of the weakest members.

This time, the task they faced was clearly to fight a group of people, and how could these few ordinary peak-level disciples possibly be a match for that group?

Aren't these ordinary peak-level disciples just cannon fodder?

His gaze swept around the group, noticing some people were nervous and others were excited. Hu Sanduo smiled slightly and said, "

I imagine some of you are curious about the details of this mission.

However, now is not the time to tell you. You will know once we reach our destination.

"Wait a moment, once you step outside this compound, you must obey all orders and not offer any personal opinions. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."

“Vice Hall Master Hu, we are all from the Grand Elder’s faction, so we will naturally obey orders. Please lead us away quickly. I am very interested in this mission.”

An inner disciple stood up, smiled, and said.

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat."

As he spoke, Hu Sanduo said in a serious tone:

Let's go.

Then, the group walked out of the courtyard gate one after another and headed towards a small path in the back of Hongshan Shuiwan.

More than a dozen people looked nervous and confused. What exactly was this mission?

"Vice Hall Master Hu, why are we taking this difficult path instead of the main road in Hongshan Shuiwan?"

Walking along a path through the mountain woods, a young inner disciple asked with a puzzled look.

"Idiot, if there are so many of us walking on the main road, we'll be too conspicuous and expose our whereabouts."

Taking this side path will at least help conceal our movements.

Hu Sanduo whispered something and waved to the group of people behind him, signaling them to follow.