At Changfeng Cave, the chill night had frozen the ground solid.
From a distant mountain forest, ten riders came and lightly treaded their way through the snow. They finally came to a halt on the mountain peak, and surveyed the dimly lit region from their elevated and far-off position.
Once night had fallen, the ten riders changed into white garbs.
After scouting about in the distance for a moment, they met up to converse in low voices. Then one after another, they began untying their hair, letting it hang loose in a dishevelled mess on their shoulders, and each fastened a mask on their face.
Matters which didn’t abide by the rules could be acted upon in the dark, but their identities must not be exposed—Miao Yi had already warned them repeatedly on this.
It was similar to before, when Xiong Xiao wanted to get rid of Miao Yi. He could only do so behind everyone’s back, and would have never dared to act in the open.
