The next morning, Lin Fan set off nice and early so that he wouldn’t attract any attention at all.
This time, he was heading off on a special mission for the fourth prince, so they didn’t hold their usual sending off ceremony. They made sure that not a single person knew that Lin Fan was leaving and they had even prepared a decoy with Rokuko’s help.
Of course, the decoy wasn’t refined enough to do his work for him as well, so most of it was covered by Yue Lan and Ming Xin.
At the very least, this decoy would be enough for people to think that Lin Fan was still in the city.
Lin Fan had also made sure that no one would recognize him by buying a special face mask from the dungeon master system store.
This was a mask that was made of a special cicada wing that would mold to his face and would change its appearance. So he was no longer as handsome as he was before, but rather he had a very plain face…
It was the face that he had before he transmigrated.
Seeing it again, Lin Fan couldn’t help feeling emotional.
However, this plain face was the perfect way to make sure that no one paid attention to him since it was very forgettable and very easy to ignore.
Even the guards didn’t pay attention to him when he left the city.
Once he was out of the city, Lin Fan didn’t waste any time traveling to Night Fang City.
That was because Night Fang City was quite far away from Dungeon City.
Dungeon City was on one side of the Mu Empire’s territory and Night Fang City was on the complete opposite side.
If he traveled by normal means, it would take him at least two months to reach Night Fang City.
It was just a good thing that he had unlocked the ability to fly now and could travel much faster compared to before.
After the Flame Salamander evolved, it had learned a new ability where it could transform and become much bigger. That allowed Lin Fan to ride on its back and fly across the Mu Empire’s territory, instead of spending time taking the winding roads.
But the main reason why he could do this was because of his spells.
If he didn’t have his spells hiding him as he flew across the land and everyone saw the Flame Salamander flying overhead, there would be no doubts that it would attract a lot of attention. Especially from the sects who would be interested in a flying spirit beast like this.
So only with the illusion spell was he able to fly with the Flame Salamander.
It took him no more than a week to reach the vicinity of Night Fang City.
Along the way, he had stopped in several towns to rest up.
When he arrived near a town, he would always land nearby and summon out the horse carriage with Hi pulling it to arrive in the town to avoid drawing attention.
With this method of traveling, he didn’t attract any attention at all since there were plenty of other travelers moving through these towns.
Not to mention, since he was flying, he was able to avoid the various bandit checkpoints that were placed all around the empire’s territory.
Seeing all of this, Lin Fan couldn’t help thinking that the Mu Empire’s internal security was really bad with how many bandits there were. But when he thought about the state the Mu Empire was currently in, it wasn’t that strange.
Once he arrived in the vicinity of Night Fang City, he landed in the forest nearby before heading to the road with his carriage.
After going along for a bit, he found that there was a bandit checkpoint in front of him.
Seeing this, he couldn’t help revealing a bitter smile because he had already deliberately landed closer to Night Fang City to avoid two other bandit checkpoints. He never thought that he would be faced with another bandit checkpoint so close to the city.
After all, in most other places, the city guards would have dealt with bandits that were this close to the city.
But this place was different since this city was one that welcomed this kind of thing.
So this bandit checkpoint was allowed to run this close to the city.
But when he thought about it, he decided to take this seriously.
After all, if they were running a bandit checkpoint this close, it must mean that they had some kind of power to back it up. It was very likely that the boss of these bandits was an expert that had the power to bargain with the city to run this checkpoint this close.
He just hoped that they wouldn’t take it too far, or else…
As he approached the bandit checkpoint, he found that there was another group that was already being detained and being shaken down by the bandits. So he didn’t keep going forward and waited for them to finish.𝑶𝑣𝐋𝐞xt.𝗇𝓔t
But while waiting, he also started using his Appraisal Eyes on the bandits to see just how strong they were.
He was surprised to find that most of the bandits were in the Low Qi Gathering Realm and a few of them were in the Mid Qi Gathering Realm. As for the large man who was sitting way in the back, he was in the High Qi Gathering Realm.
This group would be able to start a successful business in any other city of the empire, but they chose to stay here as bandits…
That must mean that the benefits that they received from this place were more than enough to keep them here.
It seemed like he had underestimated just how much funds and power was in Night Fang City.
While Lin Fan was doing all of this, there was a conversation being held between the bandits and the group that was being stalled.
“Did you not hear me! I said bring out all the goods and have everyone come out of the carriage!” The bandit who was making the threat shouted at the cloaked figure in front of him.
The cloaked figure said in a calm voice, “We have already offered you more than enough to pass through. Just let us through already.”
When the bandit heard this, there was a vein that popped out on his forehead as he pulled out his weapon and shouted, “Arrogant, aren’t you! Do you really think that you can do anything here?”
The cloaked figure gave a sigh before saying, “Why do you not accept the toast placed in front of you?”
The bandit revealed an even more enraged look when he heard this and he brought his blade down so that it was perpendicular to the neck of the cloaked figure before saying, “Do you not understand what is happening here? If you value your life, you will…”
Before this bandit could finish his threat, the boss who had been sitting in the back suddenly said, “Enough.”
The bandit’s hand couldn’t help trembling and touching the cloak of the cloaked figure, but all that it made was a soft clanging sound like metal hitting each other.
However, the bandits were more focused on their boss to notice this since they were surprised that the boss would actually interfere in this matter.
The boss ignored the bandit with the sword at the cloaked figure’s neck and looked at the cloaked figure to say, “We just simply want to see what is inside the carriage. Is there a problem with that?”
The cloaked figure ignored the bandit who had a sword at his neck too and looked right at the bandit boss. There was a slight pause before he said, “You don’t want to do this. You should know that there are certain things that you shouldn’t involve yourselves in.”
The bandit boss just revealed a wide smile when he heard this before saying, “I reckon that I have quite the good nose for valuable things and I can smell something valuable coming from this carriage. Why don’t you open it up and let me take a look?”
The cloaked figure was about to raise a hand, but before he could do anything, he suddenly turned to look at the carriage.
Ignoring the bandit’s blade, he walked right over to the carriage and bent over. As he was bent on one knee there, he kept nodding his head.
Finally, he couldn’t help asking in a confused voice, “Young miss, are you certain?”
There was just a coin that was thrown out in response to this.
Seeing this coin, the cloaked figure quickly caught it and looked down at it in his hand for a bit before turning to the bandit boss.
In a very reluctant voice, he said, “Our young miss has decided to offer this to you as a toll. She hopes that you will accept this and let us be on our way.”
The bandit boss completely ignored the cloaked figure and was looking at the carriage in a daze.
When the door of the carriage had opened for just a split second, he had seen who had been inside. It was only for a split second, but his soul had been taken from him in that moment and he could no longer control himself.
So after a long silence, the bandit said in a threatening voice, “Leave behind the carriage and you can all leave with your lives.”
The cloaked figure trembled when he heard this before saying, “It seems like you really don’t understand the value of your own lives.”
Then that cloaked figure suddenly dashed forward.