A new day.
Lin Ce set off alone.
This happened in a relatively secretive manner.
The young men in the escort agency were unaware that their chief escort had taken on another escort mission and was currently on the mission alone.
Lin Ce, who left Biyue Peak alone, did not feel the unease that came with the dark clouds looming over him.
At this moment, he was recalling the item he was escorting—that master-level manual.
"The Four Absolute Palms of Frosty Heaven" is the name of this secret manual.
It truly lives up to its reputation as a master-level manual. Although Lin Ce had memorized it completely, he still couldn't find a way to apply it whenever he tried to recall it.
To learn this martial art, one simply cannot find the right approach.
Perhaps it's because his cultivation level isn't high enough, but at this point, Lin Ce had to admit that there was indeed a reason why the number of Grandmaster martial artists was so small.
Even with a secret manual in hand, it is still quite difficult to comprehend a master-level martial art.
If he, who possesses the "United We Stand" effect, is still like this, then ordinary martial artists are even more so.
Temporarily setting aside these thoughts, Lin Ce touched the secret manual lying comfortably in his arms and looked around.
This is a small tea stall in the mountains. He has been waiting here for half an hour, following the message from the Four Evils.
However, the person who was expected to come and meet him was nowhere to be seen.
The tea has been refilled time and time again.
Lin Ce wasn't worried about the tea being poisoned. With his current flawless body, very few poisons could have an effect on him.
Moreover, after observing for a period of time, he found that it was just an ordinary tea stall, and there was nothing special about the people who made the tea or drank it.
The Four Evils have not yet appeared, which is clearly due to some kind of concern.
Lin Ce could understand the concerns of the Four Evils.
The fact that the Su family can so easily produce a master-level secret manual shows that the Su family's strength and foundation are extraordinary.
Such a Su family must be able to mobilize quite a few powerful martial artists.
Although the Four Evils explicitly demanded that Su family warriors not participate, the Su family might not necessarily be willing to completely comply.
At this very moment, in some unknown place, there may be a large number of powerful martial artists lurking, just waiting for the Four Evils to appear so they can wipe them all out in one fell swoop.
Another half hour passed, and the tea drinkers came and went at the tea stall, leaving only Lin Ce.
He felt a small note at the bottom of the newly brewed teapot.
[Thirty li to the east, a hexagonal pavilion halfway up the mountain.]
The note contained eleven words.
Lin Ce's expression changed slightly, and he made a lightning-fast move, grabbing the tea stall waiter who was serving the tea.
Could it be that he misjudged the tea stall waiter, and that he was actually one of the Four Evils?
"Great hero, spare my life! I know nothing!"
The tea stall worker immediately began to beg for mercy in fear.
Lin Ce also realized that the tea stall worker was indeed an ordinary person who did not know martial arts.
What's the story behind this note?
With just a glance, the tea stall waiter broke out in a cold sweat and almost collapsed to the ground.
The pressure from a fifth-grade innate expert is far too terrifying for ordinary people.
"This...this really has nothing to do with me. Someone gave me two taels of silver and said that someone would come to the tea stall today and stay for an hour, and I should give him this note..."
The matter is already quite obvious.
The tea stall worker was indeed just a passerby being taken advantage of.
Of course, the Four Evils wouldn't just show themselves so easily, allowing others to catch them.
Even for them, being enemies with the Su family puts them under considerable psychological pressure.
"Okay, don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you."
After letting the tea stall worker go, Lin Ce headed east.
Since the Four Evils had made such a arrangement, he had no choice but to obediently cooperate.
Su Qianzhong is still in their hands, and there's nothing we can do about it.
It's only the first day anyway.
For escorting goods, sometimes a single trip can take more than half a month, but that's nothing unusual.
When they arrived at the hexagonal pavilion halfway up the eastern mountain, the Four Evils still did not appear.
Somewhere in the hexagonal pavilion, he discovered new information.
This time, he was asked to go in another direction and walk another fifty miles.
Lin Ce continued to follow the other party's instructions.
Then, time and time again, each time he arrived at a new location, he would receive new instructions to go elsewhere.
Lin Ce couldn't even remember how many times he had changed directions, and three days quickly passed.
During these three days, apart from the information they left behind, not even the slightest trace of the Four Evils was revealed.
At this point, Lin Ce finally noticed something different.
Sure enough, the situation had changed in the distance behind him; the slightly peculiar sensation he had felt earlier had disappeared.
At this point, Lin Ce couldn't help but admire the Four Evils.
As expected of professionals, their keen awareness of these situations is unmatched by ordinary people.
However, changing directions repeatedly will inevitably cause some inconvenience to those who are lurking behind. In the chaos, many people will inevitably reveal their presence or even lose track of them.
"Make those who are lurking and following us stop, otherwise, next time it won't just be a finger that appears here."
At the next location, a note appeared, along with a finger.
It appears to have been chopped off from Su Qianzhong's hand.
The Su family's act of secretly lurking and following them seems to have angered the Four Evils.
However, they were still relatively restrained and dared not go too far.
They were clearly well aware that if they completely angered the Su family, they would probably have no place to stand in the entire martial arts world.
As this information spread, Lin Ce clearly noticed that many of the people who had been lurking and following him had disappeared.
It seems that the Su family was intimidated by the actions of the Four Evils and temporarily compromised.
"Come a hundred li to the south."
Afterwards, Lin Ce went there based on this information and found that he had already arrived at sea.
Upon arriving at his destination and seeing the strange vortex entrance, he suddenly understood, and at the same time gained a deeper understanding of the Four Evils.
The Four Evils ultimately chose to make their deal in the Mirror Stream Workshop.
It was a strange place, said to have been established with the help of demons, and existed under the tacit agreement of various forces.
Even the half-merman sea lord I met last time, who possessed the strength to fight against Grandmaster Yang Xueqing, didn't seem to have any intention of making a move in Mirror Stream Workshop.
In such a location, even if the Su family still had people lying in wait, they probably wouldn't dare to forcibly take someone away.
But could it be that I guessed wrong? The Four Evils designated me to escort the ransom, not because they wanted to deal with me as well?
After all, it's not easy for the Su family to make a move in Mirror Stream Workshop, and the same goes for the Four Evils, right?
Unable to understand, Lin Ce hesitated for a moment before stepping into the entrance of the vortex.
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