In the early morning of the next day, Bai Yunfei woke up from his cultivation. He breathed out gently then got off the bed, did some exercise and sighed discontentedly: “Alas! Without using the Upgrade Technique to speed up my cultivation, my soulforce improves really slow! Too bad now I don’t dare to casually use that unconscious state to improve my soulforce…”
He left the tavern, bought several steamed buns for breakfast then headed for the south gate of the city.
After Bai Yunfei had been walking several kilometers in a normal way along main roads and large streets, his expression became more and more unsightly.
“I’m being followed… Damn it! What’s going on? How can they always detect me no matter how careful I am?!” Bai Yunfei cursed in his mind. After getting out of the city, he had noticed that there was something unusual. Although the man who was following him had been careful, the perception of a Soul Warrior like Bai Yunfei still allowed him to detect this person very quickly.
“He’s following me but I haven’t been obstructed by a large number of men. Could it be I’m wrong and he’s not a man of the Zhang family? Or they don’t have enough men and they know they can’t stop me, so they’re following me for the time being while waiting for reinforcements before getting into action? No matter who he is, I’d better be careful and lose him as quickly as possible!”
Upon reaching a fork, Bai Yunfei suddenly accelerated and dashed into an alleyway on the right. Moreover, his speed got faster and faster. In almost a few breaths’ time, he disappeared at a corner not far up ahead.
The moment Bai Yunfei turned into the alleyway, on the main street, a little man dressed up as an ordinary-looking passerby was slightly dumbfounded. He then frowned and thought in surprise: “He detected me already? No wonder he was able to escape from elder Zhang’s hands… Then should I go after him now or not?”
After considering for a while, he shook his head slightly, turned around and went in the other directions: “I followed him waiting for the elders to arrive only because I couldn’t take him down. Now that he already noticed me, if I went after him again, I would simply throw away my life. Anyway, I already know his direction to a certain extent so I’ll just wait for the elders from the school to come and chase after him themselves!”
After going around that corner, Bai Yunfei hid behind a hillside for a long time, but he did not see anyone go after him. He waited for another while then finally shook his head, turned around and took a trail to continue his journey.
“It’s possible that I was oversuspicious… Perhaps he was just an ordinary petty thief…”
Knowing nothing about the situation, Bai Yunfei went for a stroll in front of the Glacial School’s entrance just like that. Then he left without incident…
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The next day, when Zhang Zhenshan and Liu Cheng returned to the latter’s house in this Baifeng City together, they received a report from their subordinates — the man they want to find, Bai Yunfei, had arrived in the city in the evening of the day before yesterday then left yesterday early in the morning!
The moment Zhang Zhenshan and Liu Cheng received this news, both of them were somewhat stupefied. A good while later, Zhang Zhenshan gave a cold snort, saying: “That Bai Yunfei fella is too arrogant! He unexpectedly took a stroll right under the nose of our Glacial School!! I’ll leave immediately. This time I definitely won’t let him get away. I’ll make him pay for my son’s death with his life!!”