"Is this the place? It doesn't look like a place where people would commit murder and robbery."
Xiao Tao looked skeptical. This teahouse was elegantly decorated and the customers were all literati and scholars.
It was far from the eerie and terrifying headquarters of a killer organization that one had imagined.
“The most dangerous places are often hidden beneath the most ordinary appearances.”
Ye Chen explained in a pretentiously profound manner and walked into the teahouse.
Inside the teahouse, the storyteller was telling stories of the Jianghu in a vivid and colorful manner, which drew applause from the whole audience.
Ye Chen had no intention of listening to this. He walked straight to the counter and slapped a black token with the word "An" engraved on it on the table.
This is Ghost Face's token. Only the one holding the token can enter the Shadow Pavilion headquarters.
The gatekeeper only recognizes the token and not the person, because the hall masters from all over the country always disguise themselves every time they come and do not show their true faces.
The shopkeeper was originally drowsy, but when he saw the token, he suddenly started to wake up and looked Ye Chen up and down.
"Three distinguished guests, please come upstairs."
The shopkeeper lowered his voice.
After saying that, he led Ye Chen and the other two through a hidden corridor and came to a rockery.
There was an underground passage hidden in the rockery. The shopkeeper took Ye Chen and the other two into the underground passage and then turned and left.
This shopkeeper is the gatekeeper of the Shadow Pavilion headquarters. On the surface, he is an ordinary person, but in fact, he has reached the Mahayana stage of cultivation.
"Stop! Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Shadow Pavilion's restricted area?"
As soon as Ye Chen came out from the other end of the underground passage, he was surrounded by several guards in black.
Luo Qingcheng and Xiaotao immediately took defensive actions.
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