First contact

In the same city, not that far from the small roadside restaurant in which Wu Long's group sat down, two figures that arrived not that long apart from them were still walking the streets, seemingly in search of something.

One of them had very subtle, almost imperceptible signs of an unstable aura, walking with steady and decisive stride. The one slightly behind him was less confident, alertly surveilling their surroundings.

"Hahaha, your associate is quite obvious, did he drop his guard when you passed into the city?", a steady, slightly raspy voice spoke, a note of amusement hinted in it.

The two stopped to look at a man looking to be in his forties, who approached from the opposite direction they were going in, stopping in turn to look back at them.

"I wondered when someone would approach, so I had him help with making you more comfortable to do so", the man walking in front answered with a subtle answer.