Clasping his fists, the masked man bowed slightly to the envoy and said, "This subordinate greets the Envoy. Envoy, is there a new mission for ?"
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother," the envoy replied, then took out the small jade pendant from his leather pouch.
Handing it to the masked man, he explained, "Please send this small jade pendant to the Defender General of the Yu Empire, Fang Shou."
Accepting the jade pendant, the masked man put it away, then asked, "Is there any ssage that I need to deliver?"
The envoy shook his head. "Nothing. The client just needs us to deliver the item to General Fang. As for the rest, it’s out of our concern."
"Understood," the masked man responded, then clasped his fists. "Then this subordinate will take my leave first."
Returning his salutation, the envoy said, "Take care, Brother."
With that, the masked man activated his lightness skill. Kicking the ground, he soared into the air and soon disappeared from the envoy’s sight.
"Now, let’s deliver the black bead back to the headquarters," he muttered while looking up at the sun’s position.
After delegating the mission, the envoy also activated his lightness skill and disappeared from there.
While the envoy was on his way back to the Hong Sha Pavilion’s headquarters, the masked man sneaked into the garrison of the imperial capital city.
Sitting behind a low table, Fang Shou was reading a military strategy book when he felt a cold wind gush into his study.
Frowning slightly, he put down the book, then looked at the windows. Seeing that the windows were wide open, he stood up, then walked toward one of them.
Creak~!
Just when he closed the first window, he suddenly felt a presence behind his back. Instinctively, he drew his sword and attacked the intruder.
Clang!
In a split second, the sounds of tal colliding echoed in the study.
eting the masked man’s eyes, Fang Shou coldly asked, "Who are you? How did you get inside?"
"General Fang, I ca to deliver sothing from Wen Kang," the masked man explained without expression.
When Fang Shou heard this, he stared at the masked man for a mont, then retracted his sword. Taking a few steps back to distance himself from the masked man, Fang Shou asked, "Where is the thing?"
The masked man took out the small jade pendant, then threw it to Fang Shou.
Seeing this, Fang Shou reached to grab the jade pendant in the air. When he raised his eyes to look at the masked man, there was nobody in front of him.
Sheathing his sword, Fang Shou took a closer look at the jade pendant.
Recognizing it as Wen Kang’s secret token, he frowned and thought, ’He wants to move the secret army? Looks like the ti has arrived.’
Fang Shou thought for a while, then put away the jade pendant. Sitting back in his seat, Fang Shou wrote a letter. When he was done, he took out a bamboo whistle from his sleeve pocket.
Walking to the remaining open window, he blew the whistle.
Although the bamboo whistle didn’t make a sound, Fang Shou knew that it was making sounds. He waited for a while, then sensed a cold aura appear a few steps behind him.
Turning around, he saw a tall, masked man with a carving of a black nine-tailed fox on the right corner of the mask.
Fang Shou handed the letter to the masked man and said, "Brother, please deliver this letter as soon as possible to your master."
Taking the letter from him, the masked man nodded. "Understood."
The second his words fell, the masked man disappeared from there.
After he left, Fang Shou returned to his seat, picked up the military strategy book, and calmly continued his reading.
While everyone was busy with their own sches and plans, the envoy of the Hong Sha Pavilion finally returned to the headquarters when the sun was hanging above his head.
Looking at the familiar road ahead, the envoy wiped the sweat off his forehead and let out a tired sigh.
Fanning himself, he walked toward the secret entrance of the Hong Sha Pavilion’s headquarters while muttering, "It’s so hot. I wonder when it will rain here."
When the two masked n guarding the entrance saw him, they exchanged curious looks.
"Why did he return so fast this ti?" asked one of them.
Asked by him, the other one shrugged in response.
After exchanging a silent conversation, the two of them turned to look at the envoy.
Clasping his fists, one of them said, "Envoy, you are here again."
The envoy returned their greeting and explained, "Mhm, I received a few urgent missions and gained so interesting items as paynt."
Feeling curious, the other masked man asked, "What kind of item can make even you, who have seen all the treasures in this world, rush back in such a hurry?"
Hearing this, the envoy placed his index finger on his lips, then smiled mysteriously. "Shh... You’d better not know. Otherwise, you might lose your head in exchange for your curiosity."
Looking at the envoy’s cold eyes, the two masked n swallowed in fear. Clasping their fists, they quickly said, "This subordinate thanks the envoy for your reminder."
Patting their shoulders, the envoy chuckled in a good mood. "Indeed, you two are good children that can be taught."
Waving at them, he added, "I still need to report to the Pavilion Master. You two, stay alert."
"Yes, Envoy."
After the envoy left, the two of them let out a sigh of relief at the sa ti.
Patting his chest, one of them said in fear, "He is so scary."
When the other masked man heard this, he looked at his brother and said, "Only those who complete ten thousand death missions can beco an envoy. Do you think just because the envoy is friendly to us juniors, he is soone we can compare to?"
Reminded by his brother, the first masked man realized that he had forgotten this fact. Shaking his head, he hurriedly said, "Let’s just focus on guarding the entrance."
Agreeing with this, the other masked man also stopped talking.
While the two of them were still thinking about the envoy’s suffocating aura just now, the envoy was on his way to the top floor of the headquarters.
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