Shen Hao left the small restaurant, called for his guards, and proceeded to the teleportation array to return to Fengri City. Yet in the shadowy corner behind him, completely unaware, a gaunt middle-aged man in white robes had been watching him intently. With a wave of his hand, two ordinary-looking men nearby quickly followed after him to the teleportation array.
Half an hour later, the middle-aged man in white slipped through the alleys to the rear entrance of a forbidding building. He flashed a red waist token adorned with a Taotie pattern and was granted entry.
He traversed a dark passage and finally stood quietly at the door of a quiet chamber.
He waited about half a stick of incense before a voice sounded from within: "Come in."
"Yes, my lord."
He pushed the door open and entered. The chamber was empty except for a single lamp. On the floor, sitting cross-legged, was Pang Ban, Commander of the Xuanqing Guard.
