Chapter 974: Going Up the Mountain
The gathering of countless cultivators heading north, in many cases, became a sight that was both rare and yet common at present.
But just as countless cultivators were surging toward the Northern Frontier, a travel-weary young man in black clothes was hurrying all the way toward Mount Xi. When he was still more than two hundred miles away from Mount Xi, he entered a county town, stopped in front of a pawnshop not far from the city gate, and without hesitation, walked in.
The pawnshop attendant was a young man, somewhat delicate in appearance. Upon seeing the man in black, he curiously asked, “What would guest like to pawn?”
The man in black reached out and pulled a waist token from his belt, placing it on the counter.
After the young attendant took one look, his expression instantly became grave. Raising his head somewhat in disbelief, he looked at the young man before him, but quickly steadied himself and said softly, “Guest, please wait a moment.”
He turned and walked toward the inner room. Not long after, a middle-aged man came out from inside. With a glance, he signaled, and someone shut the pawnshop doors, hanging up a sign indicating it was closed.
Only after the doors were shut did the middle-aged shopkeeper bow and salute. “This subordinate greets Lord Warden Commander.”
Chen Chao reached out, took back the Hundred Streams Pavilion token, and hung it again at his waist, getting straight to the point. “Tell me everything that has happened at Mount Xi recently.”
When the Great Liang Dynasty established Hundred Streams Pavilion, its initial purpose was to deal with foreign cultivators sending people to infiltrate Great Liang, mainly to secretly investigate internal threats. But as time passed, Hundred Streams Pavilion gradually did more than just investigate such matters; they also dispatched numerous personnel to infiltrate major sects, so as to keep track of their movements in time and avoid being caught unprepared.