"Are you alright?" Shen Zhiyi looked at the soaking wet Duan Xingzhi, took out the clothes she had prepared, and helped him change. She also used a handkerchief to wipe the wetness off his face.
Just as Duan Xingzhi was about to reply, he faintly heard a very light footstep.
His eyes sharpened.
Carrying the luggage, he suddenly pressed Shen Zhiyi tightly against a dense thicket of bushes.
He then used his internal force to shake one of his items into the grass some distance away.
The voices of the group grew closer.
"We've been wandering around here for days, but we still haven't found the entrance."
"Could the last message Young Master Ling sent before his death have been wrong? Is there really a Poria Valley in these mountains?"
"Stop talking nonsense! His Highness has ordered that we must find Night Owl, alive or dead! We must find Night Owl!"
"His Highness has already sent people to post wanted posters everywhere. Once Night Owl shows his face, he will not be able to escape."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhiyi exchanged a tense glance with Duan Xingzhi.
Arrest warrant?
So, they can't show their faces along the way?
Duan Xingzhi's expression was cold.
He touched the eagle-head mask in his arms.
I'm afraid I can no longer wear this mask.
"Do you think he might have already gone to the capital?" the group asked as they searched for the entrance. "Hey, what's this?"
He picked up the black talisman that Duan Xingzhi had dropped.
"This is an internal identification tag from the Assassin's Guild! It belongs to Night Owl!"
"It seems he really is planning to defect from the organization!"
The group exchanged glances.
"So, he's already taken the female physician and left the valley for the capital?!"
"Quickly inform His Highness!"
"We absolutely cannot let the Night Owl see the Crown Prince!"
Suddenly, one of them sneered, "If he really goes to the East Palace, then he'll have fallen into His Highness's trap."
"Let's go!"
The group stopped searching and flew away.
Shen Zhiyi looked at Duan Xingzhi and said nervously, "What should we do? They must have set up an ambush outside the East Palace. If we just go over there, will we be walking into their trap?"
It's possible that there will be strict checks at the border crossings into Beijing.
Duan Xingzhi pondered for a moment, then narrowed his eyes.
"There is someone who can take us in."
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