Qi Xuansu was unsure whether he was overthinking it, but the Qizhou section of the Grand Canal seemed eerily calm. He did not even see a single official from the Qizhou Daoist Mansion.0

However, after their encounter with the four thugs at the restaurant, Qi Xuansu vaguely sensed something wrong, so he decided not to leave the ship until they arrived in Zhili. Thus, he spent most of his time in his room, refining his innate qi.0

The ironclad ship passed two more checkpoints and arrived at the 3rd checkpoint, which was the junction of Qizhou and Zhili. There were only two more checkpoints on the Grand Canal, namely the 2nd checkpoint in Bohai Prefecture and the 1st checkpoint near the Imperial Capital.0

Qi Xuansu chose to disembark at the 3rd checkpoint and get to Bohai Prefecture by land.0

Although they were indirectly involved in the entanglements between the secret societies and the Daoist Order, Qi Xuansu did not forget that Liu Hu’s greatest immediate threat was not these people, but The Inn’s assassins.0

If the Inn’s assassins were persistent, then the 2nd checkpoint would be their last chance to ambush...0