After successfully sneaking into the passage, they found no guards nearby. It wasn't that security here was lax, but rather that it didn't need to be so tight. The entire area had only one entrance, so there were very few places to post sentries. They just needed to guard the key areas; the rest didn't require a heavy watch.
However, that didn't mean there were no guards. After they had moved stealthily for some distance, five guards appeared up ahead, walking toward them.
Ye Qingxuan quickly raised a hand, signaling for Yi Tianyun to stop. She immediately crouched down, and in the blink of an eye, she blended in with the wall, becoming completely indistinguishable from it. Unless someone literally hacked at her with a weapon, they would never discover her hiding there.
