It wasn't long before Yang Qing was within earshot of Hebei's border province, Baishui Province. About twenty or so kilometers out, he asked Haishi to halt her movements—he needed a few seconds to consider something.
The matter under consideration was whether to enter using his real identity as a member of the Order or to assume another persona.
The scholars of Hebei who opposed the Order were unlikely to do anything to him. Scholars, after all, preferred convincing others of their errors through words, not force. And while they had their own views about the Order, they still respected and admired its role. Their issue wasn't with what the Order did or stood for—it was with how its presence interfered with the natural flow of the continent.
That aside, they bore no real animosity toward it.
