Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

The car market in the south of the city is near the Liangfenban River, a place frequented by car enthusiasts.

Two horse-drawn carriages loaded with goods were led to the front yard. The cargo compartments of the carriages were covered with a thick layer of waterproof cloth, making it difficult to tell what was inside just by looking at them. This was the cargo transport task that Lu Xingshou had assigned to Big Beard and Little Stick.

Lu Xingshou calmly said, "Repeat it once."

The bearded man said, "Before dawn, we need to transport these two cartloads of goods to Wangji Warehouse in the East Market. Once we arrive, someone will meet us. Please rest assured, Chief Lu, we will definitely complete the mission and will not dare to be negligent."

Lu Xingshou smiled slightly and waved his hand to indicate that they could set off.

Big Beard boarded the first carriage, and Little Hammer boarded the second. The wooden gate of the carriage shop slowly opened, and two freight carriages drove out of the carriage shop at a leisurely pace. As the gate closed, Lu Hangshou's smile quickly disappeared. He then turned and walked towards the school bus platform, lifted the cover under the platform, and found an escape sewer leading directly to the Two and a Half River.

Lu Xingshou turned his head and said, "This place is not safe to stay for long. Gou Xiong, Pang Mao, you two come with me to retreat first; Hua Dan, Long Cheng, you two stay behind and quickly clean up any remaining traces. The government will definitely break in and arrest people soon. Remember not to linger and be quick. I will wait for you at the usual place."

Upon hearing this, Hua Dan and Long Cheng clasped their hands in a respectful bow and said, "Yes."

Lu Xingshou was the first to jump into the sewer, followed closely by Gou Xiong and Pang Mao. The three of them followed the sewer into the complex sewer system, and like rats, they moved through the dark and filthy underground pipes according to the escape route they had planned in advance.

The fat cat asked, "Master Lu, are the officials definitely coming?"

Lu Xingshou remained silent, only releasing flames from his palms as he walked forward step by step.

The underground sewage pipes were not narrow at all; on the contrary, they were unusually wide. There was a drainage ditch in the middle and stone banks on both sides for people to walk on. Three people could walk side by side on the banks without feeling crowded. However, the smell was not pleasant, after all, it was a place for discharging sewage, and the most common smells were excrement and urine.

It's fortunate that we weren't forced to jump into the sewage.

Seeing that Lu Xingshou remained silent, Gou Xiong turned to Fat Cat and explained, "Haven't you figured it out yet? Lu Xingshou doesn't trust Di Xinjian at all, nor does he trust Big Beard and Little Stick. Di Xinjian's sudden visit tonight, which broke the rules, proves that something is definitely amiss!"

“Di Xinjian, Big Beard, and Little Stick are probably all spies planted by the government to lure us into a big fish. Killing them won’t help, because the fact that they came here proves that the government also knows our hiding place.”

"We can't take those two carts of goods from the left and right cart shops. Instead, we should pretend we don't know anything and send Big Beard and Little Hammer to Wang's Goods Store in the East Market. We can use them to continue to attract the government's attention and buy us time to destroy the evidence and escape."

Upon hearing this, Fat Cat said, "Based on mere speculation? Perhaps the government officials did not secretly follow them here."

Gou Xiong sneered: "The reason why Master Lu was able to lead us to infiltrate the Sword Tower for so many years without being discovered is because Master Lu is careful enough and never takes chances. Even if the probability of this happening is only one in ten, we must treat it as something that is bound to happen. After all... we don't have the chance to fail and start over. Once we fail, we will die."

Fat Cat said, "Gou Xiong, I think this is a bit of paranoia."

Gou Xiong said, "Are you questioning Lu Xingshou's decision?"

The fat cat said, "No."

Lu Xingshou turned to look at Fat Cat and said indifferently, "Fat Cat, how many times have I told you? It's good to have your own ideas. It proves that you're not a brainless idiot. However, I don't need you to have your own ideas. Just follow me and don't ask so many questions. Just do what I say. If you understand, do it seriously. If you don't understand, still do it seriously. Don't ask too many questions."

Fat Cat pursed his lips and remained silent, no longer questioning Lu Xingshou's decision. Although he felt it was making a mountain out of a molehill and being overly sensitive, Lu Xingshou was the team leader, and no matter what he thought, he had to follow Lu Xingshou's orders.

When Lu Xingshou led Fat Cat and Gou Xiong to make an emergency evacuation, Hua Dan and Long Cheng, who remained behind, were quickly destroying all the car dealership's inbound and outbound accounts, as well as the lists of customers, the remaining traces of their lives there, and a large number of intelligence documents that needed to be destroyed on the spot.

A large number of officials from the Censorate were lying in ambush in the dark alley outside the Cheyou Chema Store, surrounding it in layers.

Meanwhile, Big Beard and Little Stick are being rounded up by Ye Tingxiu.

The two thought they could continue their mission and were in high spirits, so they headed towards the east of the city one after the other.

At this moment, the Sword Tower is still bustling and lively, with groups of pedestrians and performances everywhere in the brothels, theaters, streets and alleys.

The bearded man and the little stick man kept a low profile. Taking advantage of the darkness and the chaotic atmosphere where everyone, whether human or ghost, was out partying, the two of them drove their cargo cart through the streets. They didn't attract any attention, and hardly anyone gave them a second glance.

However, as they walked, the bearded man and the little stick felt something was wrong. The noise around them grew quieter and quieter until it was as if they were the only two people in the world. They didn't see any other pedestrians either, which made them feel uneasy.

This feeling was not wrong, because more than ten officials from the Censorate suddenly appeared at the corner ahead, and more than ten officials from the Censorate also appeared at the corner behind, a total of thirty cultivators at the Devouring Fiend Realm, blocking them from both the front and the back, leaving them with no way to escape.

Ye Tingxiu picked at his ear and took a few steps forward: "Hey, you didn't expect to see me again, did you? You got away last time, but you won't be so lucky this time. Be smart and get out of the car and surrender. I'll only say it once: if you don't surrender, then you can all die."

Ye Tingxiu didn't care about the two small fry in front of him. However, Xiao Hongyun had instructed him beforehand that if he could catch the bearded man and the little stick-wielding man alive, he should catch them alive; if he couldn't catch them alive, he should kill them. He was determined to eliminate them completely and leave no future trouble.

Otherwise, why would Ye Tingxiu take the initiative to persuade them to surrender? When dealing with enemies, his usual approach is to simply draw his sword and fight.

Talking for ages is not as simple, direct, and effective as taking a knife and getting a beating.

"Fuck your mother!" Upon seeing this, Little Stick panicked and instantly transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the sky.

The next instant, the Sword Tower's anti-flying array detected that someone had violated the prohibition and dared to fly into the sky. So the array activated instantly, and the little stick fell to the ground like a bird that had fallen. Its body was slammed into the ground by an invisible pressure, creating a human-shaped blood crater on the spot.

However, it wasn't over yet. One pressure after another descended from the sky and slammed into the blood pit, forcefully shattering the little stick's physical body, life palace, and three souls and seven spirits, leaving only a shallow blood pool with a diameter of two meters and a depth of thirty centimeters.

Ye Tingxiu pointed at the blood pit, looking at the bearded man with a puzzled expression, and asked from the bottom of his heart: "Is he out of his mind? Doesn't he know that our Sword Tower has an anti-flying array? How dare he fly in the sky in the Sword Tower? Who gave him the courage? Or is he trying to commit suicide?"

The bearded man's face darkened: "..."