With a huge sum of money in his pocket, Zhang Mu left Zuixianlou and returned to his original inn, quietly waiting for the arrival of the caravan alliance. However, Zhang Mu waited for a long time and no one came.

"Uncle, do you think those Epoch merchants like us won't give me trouble after they know what you did? We are so blatant near Zuixian Tower, won't we be discovered?"

"Of course he will be discovered."

Yuan Rui didn't expect Zhang Mu to answer her like this. She was stunned. From what he said, it seemed that he knew this would happen, but still did it.

"Perhaps the eight warriors themselves have overestimated their remaining control over the entire Hohhot capital." Zhang Mu shook his head slightly and said, "This capital city is likely out of their control.

How could the Caravan Alliance be so confident as not to send someone to monitor Zuixianlou, a place where even the waiters at the inn know where the eight war cavalry leaders gather?

Remember the Dark Pigeon from before? Although I didn't detect his presence this time, my intuition tells me that he must be nearby, and there are a large number of people watching us. Our conversation with the leader of the four war riders this morning must have reached the ears of the Caravan Alliance, but I don't know if it was Xiao Nanbala and his group, or someone else."

"But if that happens, they will discover your intentions, uncle, and disrupt the financial order they have established over the past few months. They will definitely come to trouble us, or at least give us a warning and use the power of the Caravan Alliance to put pressure on us."

Yuan Rui pointed out Zhang Mu's plan, and Zhang Mu now seemed very confused. "Yes, although it is true that I need Yuan Jing, this is not the main purpose of the conversation just now. I want to lure them out, but now the bait is ready, but no fish has taken the bait, which is very strange.

Logically, they should arrive in the afternoon and punish me, but no one has shown up so far. It is impossible for them to be late on the day when the Epoch Store is updated, as if the news has never been spread."

Zhang Mu's face was a little gloomy. Things did not develop as he expected. He felt that the other party was playing a big chess game, and he was just a chess piece that entered the game randomly.

Although there is one more chess piece, it will not play any role if you cannot see through the chess game.

"It's okay, uncle, wait a few hours and you'll know everything.

"

Yuan Rui's words made Zhang Mu feel a little more relaxed. He should remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances. Now was not the time for him to take the initiative. There were only two results. One was that someone would come to him, and the other was to wait until midnight and then the group would naturally show up.

With a plate of peanuts and a pot of rice wine that he refilled again and again, Zhang Mu slowly waited until half past eleven.

During the few hours in between, everything remained calm. Even on a day like this, the entire capital city was still carrying out its daily activities normally and orderly, as if nothing had happened.

"Guest, the city guards will have a curfew tonight, so you'd better not go out."

Although he noticed that Zhang Mu's identity was somewhat special, the waiter who took the hundred Yuan Crystals from him still reminded him. Zhang Mu just smiled and nodded, then continued to walk out of the inn.

After Zhang Mu left, the waiter looked at the two departing figures with a smile on his face, slowly rubbed the skin on his temples, and then suddenly tore it off, revealing a strange male face.

There was a human skin mask on his face!

Moreover, this human skin seemed to be still fresh, with blood streaks on the edge of the skin that had not been cleaned up, as if it had just been peeled off.

He slowly picked up a leaf, placed it next to his lips, sneered and said, "The target person has left."

Zhang Mu never expected that his every move had already been under surveillance by others.

At this time, Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui had already leisurely strolled to the front of the Great Temple. However, there was no one around along the way. The citizens knew that there was a curfew, so they did not dare to go out. However, no one from the city guards showed up.

Zhang Mu has been on full alert. Although he does not have to worry about his own safety in Jiyuan City, Yuan Rui is not yet a junior Jiyuan agent merchant. If someone attacks her, he may not be able to protect her.

It is easy to dodge a spear, but hard to guard against an arrow from the dark.

Zhang Mu had no idea what would happen next, or what kind of evolver would attack him. The feeling of losing control was not good, but there was no other way. His mental shield had secretly protected the two people who were walking hand in hand, and Yuan Rui gave him mental support after noticing it.

The blood vine lotus curled up in Zhang Mu's left arm was already ready to go at Zhang Mu's call. As for the obsidian worm, it was now lying in Yuan Rui's arms, feeling the change in the smell in the air.

Walk to the Great Temple

Zhang Mu saw eighteen figures gathered in the center of the square. The torches around them were burning vigorously. They must have been lit recently, allowing Zhang Mu to see them clearly.

They all wore the same black cloak. If Zhang Mu hadn't known that they hadn't been promoted to the primary level, he would have thought that they had all received the invisibility cloak. Their faces were covered with black cloth. Their heights and weights were different. They just quietly waited for Zhang Mu.

Eighteen men in black turned around and looked at him at the same time. This feeling seemed extremely strange in this atmosphere.

"Good evening, everyone?"

As expected, no one responded. Zhang Mu smiled as he walked past many Jiyuan agents and pulled Yuan Rui through them.

However, nothing happened. There is still some time before the Epoch Store is updated. If you go in early, you can only see the original inventory. You have to wait until the time comes to see the updated goods.

There were twenty people standing there, but no one spoke. Zhang Mu silently sensed their auras and discovered that they were all indeed second-order evolvers. Even without the identity of Epoch Merchant Agents, it was still exaggerated enough.

When midnight arrived, no one in the caravan alliance made any move.

"Dear No. 001, the Epoch goods have been updated. Do you want to enter the Epoch store with the Epoch agent next to you? Your friend will be waiting in the waiting area."

Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui were directly pulled in and confirmed by the Epoch Store again. Seeing that everyone was still indifferent, Zhang Mu stepped into the space layer of the Epoch Store with doubts.

Outside the Epoch Store, an Epoch Agent standing in the front row slowly picked up the communication leaf in his hand and said in a calm voice, "The Epoch Agent of the target person is ranked before number 005."

The man looked in the direction where Zhang Mu left, with a cold gleam in his eyes.

His identity is number 006, which means he is the first-ranked Era agent in Hohhot!

But what he heard was exactly the same as the prompts from the Era Store system that everyone else received.

"Dear No. 005, there is an Epoch Agent with a higher rank than you near the Epoch Store, so please wait a moment. Your current Epoch Trading Rank is second, so please wait patiently."

They actually used eighteen different ranking numbers to confirm Zhang Mu's ranking!

(End of this chapter)