Major Zhang knew that the Green Phoenix Guard Major’s Office was not unified, so news was bound to leak out. Thus, he tried to act fast before the enemies were alerted.0

However, they were still a step too late when they arrived at the salt merchant’s manor outside the city. The place was already empty.0

Major Zhang could not hide his disappointment. Before he went to see Xu Kou and Qi Xuansu, he had already sent his confidants to keep an eye on this manor. Since his confidants did not see a large group of people leaving the manor, it meant that there was another exit, which was most likely an underground tunnel.0

Another possibility was escaping through formations, like the Yin-Yang Gate. However, it was very expensive.0

Wannian County did not have a formation blocker because those required constant maintenance, money, and manpower. For example, Jade Capital spent more than 1 million Taiping coins in order to maintain a formation for spring-like...0