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Li Fan, coughing, surveyed the group of people with an eye for novelty.
The guards, needless to say, were big and burly. Hidden beneath their cloaks were close-fitted martial outfits, their every move revealing the chainmail peeking from their sleeves. Their fingers were thick and calloused, clearly indicating they were seasoned soldiers and quite possibly experts in the military's style of overpowering techniques.
The eunuchs were not simple either, with strings of storage jade pendants hanging from their waists. Perhaps it was because they were on the road, but with every breath, a white mist circulated around their skin before whirling around their heads and being inhaled back through their noses and mouths, evidently indicating they too were practiced in internal energy cultivation.
