Song Changsheng relied on the concealing properties of his black robe to weave through the crowd, shaking off all the followers he sensed. He then cautiously circled the Marketplace a few more times before finding a hidden spot to remove the robe and return to the Treasure Hunting Pavilion. He was being extremely careful…
Shortly after he returned, in a tavern northwest of the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, a mysterious figure wearing a strangely patterned robe and a silver human-faced mask sat down by a second-floor window.
The window was diagonally across from the Treasure Hunting Pavilion. His arm rested on the windowsill, his eyes, glinting with a cold light, stared quietly out the window, his thoughts a mystery.
A waiter from the tavern came over to the mysterious man and asked enthusiastically, "What can I get for you, sir?"
