The quick journey
The Twin Cold Sabers informed the administration of Dongchun City that they were planning to visit Yusra Town. They required an urgent leave.
The Mayor was somewhat troubled as he received this request. However, he was in no position to reject this leave application.
The Twin Cold Sabers have immensely helped Dongchun City. They have caught and even killed many criminals who could have harmed Dongchun City significantly.
It will be terrible if they are offended at such a horrible moment. The Mayor was relieved when he noticed that the Twin Cold Sabers said they would be back immediately after checking up on something in Yusra Town.
'I can't agree too easily. I should at the least make them owe me a personal favor.'
He organized a private meeting with the Twin Cold Sabers regarding this leave application.
After two hours of discussion, the Mayor achieved his objective and consented to accept their leave.
Naturally, the Twin Cold Sabers realized the Mayor's objective and tacitly agreed. They knew that the Mayor could indeed make things difficult for them if there was nothing in it for him.
Thus, it was best to agree silently.
The Twin Cold Sabers immediately left Dongchun City after this meeting.
Yusra Town was nearly two weeks away from Dongchun City in the north. However, the Twin Cold Sabers brought multiple horses along. They switched horses as soon as the one they rode got tired.
This allowed them to significantly shorten the time it took for them to reach Yusra Town. After six days, the two had officially entered the gates of Yusra Town.
In Yusra Town, the Twin Cold Sabers were actually clueless about what they should do here. How could they find information about their master?
However, they didn't give up hope. The two began with the good old method of questioning the people inside the various taverns, bars, and the members of the organization in this town.
It took them nearly two whole days to truly hear information about their master.
The two heard that their master had passed by this area. She killed a whole bandit group near this town and saved many citizens. It was only because of this reason that the citizens of this town even knew of her presence.
She requested them not to spread this information to strangers. However, if her disciples arrive in the town someday, she asks people to inform her disciples to return to the sect.
When the Twin Cold Sabers heard these words, they were utterly startled. They couldn't believe that their master actually didn't want to meet them.
Just why was she acting so oddly?
However, this only augmented the curiosity of the Twin Cold Sabers and convinced them that Long Chen was indeed telling the truth. His lord truly knew the location of their master.
This encouraged them to work with Long Chen. Only then could they find their master quickly.
The Twin Cold Sabers decided to leave for Dongchun City on the same day. They brought multiple horses to ensure a fast journey.
They took six whole days to return.
In other words, their combined journey was of more than two weeks.
During this time, Ren Yue had also continued to slip rumors in the groups of those 4 Star Warriors. Her situation had reached saturation. The two 4 Star Warriors were ready to attack the Noble Shadow's base.
She just had to inform them of the date that the Benevolent Corps would raid the Noble Shadow's base.
In the meantime, Long Chen set up a large convoy that would depart from Dongchun City to another city to sell the goods that Ren Yue possessed. Ren Yue naturally stored a part of each type of material for her faction's use.
This was the perfect opportunity to sell these goods since the Noble Shadow was busy fending off the attacks of the merchants. They couldn't attack the caravans.
Long Chen and Ren Yue also utilized the various cultivation resources they possessed to finally breakthrough the bottleneck of the 2 Star Rank.
Long Chen had reached the 4 Star Rank in his previous life, so this bottleneck wasn't a big deal for him. And similarly, Ren Yue was a 3 Star Warrior before she was crippled, so this bottleneck also wasn't a big deal for her.
There was a qualitative and quantitative difference between a 2-Star Warrior and a 3-Star Warrior.
Long Chen could finally utilize some of his better illusions. Meaning he could utilize two kinds of illusions at the same time. His Ardor and mental energy were refined enough to handle stabilized versions of those illusions.
Even a 4 Star Warrior would find it difficult to detect and break his illusions. It would be difficult, not impossible.
Meanwhile, Ren Yue's Revolving Yin Merit Law seemed to have significantly boosted her Ardor and physique's power.
In terms of raw power, Ren Yue could easily defeat Long Chen. Her every strike was filled with unreal energy that even Long Chen had no choice but to dodge.
The two spent one entire week stabilizing their cultivation.
At this moment, the second week is about to end, and the two are holding a discussion in the meeting room.
"So when will those women return? Are you sure they will help us?" Ren Yue asked a bit oddly and unenthusiastically.
Long Chen replied confidently, "I am sure they will help us after they return. It should take them another week or so."
"…I hope you are right in trusting these women. These Twin Cold Sabers have a high reputation in the area. They might even attack us," Ren Yue spoke with a frown.
"They won't do that," Long Chen responded casually. He didn't even try to explain his reasoning because he felt it was entirely unnecessary.
Ren Yue raised her brows in question and asked, "Aren't you trusting them too much? We must never underestimate someone's greed."
Long Chen stared at Ren Yue and spoke, "I am very good at judging someone's character. They can be trusted."
Ren Yue snorted and jeered, "I naturally trust your skills. But I am afraid that their beauty might have made you biased."
Long Chen raised his brows in confusion. He finally realized why Ren Yue seemed so odd. She was probably jealous that Long Chen trusted the Twin Cold Sabers so much.
Long Chen spoke, "Just trust me on this. You will understand when you meet them."
Ren Yue finally nodded affirmatively.
Long Chen was surprised as the bartender of 'The Great Bear Pub' called him on his Voice Transmission Array Stone just a few days later.
Moreover, the bartender stated that two beautiful women wearing white clothing had appeared looking for him.
This startled Long Chen a bit since this meant that the Twin Cold Sabers had already returned. He guessed they must have utilized multiple horses or some other method to reach Yusra Town and return quickly.
And since they were calling out for him, this indicated that the Twin Cold Sabers were willing to raid the Noble Shadow's base.
Long Chen organized Ren Yue's meeting with the Twin Cold Sabers.
This meeting occurred a day after the Twin Cold Sabers contacted the bartender.
Long Chen personally arrived to lead the Twin Cold Sabers to the meeting hall in a rental building.
Ren Yue naturally wasn't stupid enough to meet the Twin Cold Sabers in her mansion. Thus, she rented a building for a few days and created a meeting hall.
The Twin Cold Sabers entered the meeting hall and stared at Ren Yue seated on a chair placed on a higher pedestal. Considering that all her other subordinates were standing next to her, the Twin Cold Sabers guessed that Ren Yue was Long Chen's Lord.
"Take your seats," Ren Yue spoke coldly as she glanced at the two women.
She received a pure and cold aura from these women. The younger one still seemed a bit immature, but it was alright. She managed to maintain a serious countenance.
Qian Yanyu stared at Ren Yue rather curiously. She sensed an elegant and noble aura from Ren Yue. This elegant and noble aura seemed to create an invisible pressure on her.
Qian Yanyu had met her fair share of people, but no one had given her such a dignified feeling.
Long Chen soon stood next to Ren Yue. Unlike Qian Yanyu and Xiao Lan, who had already taken their seats, he remained standing.
He wanted to give the impression that he was merely Ren Yue's servant. It would be best if Qian Yanyu and Xiao Lan remained oblivious to his true relationship with Ren Yue.
"I am Ren Yue. The sole inheritor to the Ren Family," Ren Yue spoke out.