Gu Shen turned into a narrow alley.
He smiled, about to say something.
On the other side of the alley, suddenly a woman walking briskly appeared; she was a middle-aged woman with plain clothes, her hands hanging down, seemingly carrying something heavy. From her attire, one could tell she didn't seem like a resident from the vicinity of the Great Capital Freedom Hall.
Gu Shen slightly furrowed his brows and stepped aside to make way.
"Thank you..."
However, as the middle-aged woman got closer to Gu Shen, she no longer hastened her pace but walked very slowly. She had her head lowered the whole time until the last moment, when they brushed past each other, she slowly raised it, revealing a friendly yet terrifying smile.
What she was carrying was...
Gu Shen's pupils constricted.
"Boom!"
A violent explosion echoed through the alley, the narrow stone walls instantly collapsing under the blaze, a towering flame surged upward, forming a small mushroom cloud in the air.
