At the foot of the mountain, Li Jue's residence.
Seeing Nameless's reply, the two breathed a sigh of relief. Although there were still a few backup plans, Yinhu City was indeed the best choice.
"Since it's going to be Yinhu City, we need to find a secluded place, replace the people around with our own, and I'll invite Elder Han to oversee things," Li Jue said.
"Yes, let's also come up with a secret signal to avoid raising suspicion," Xia Yan said.
"A signal? How about smashing a cup as a signal?" Li Jue blurted out.
"That's too stupid; who would do that?" Xia Yan shook his head.
However, the array seemed to have malfunctioned, and Li Jue's words were recorded and sent out.
[Signal, smash the cup.]
Zhang Ze looked at the information that came back, rubbing his chin, "Interesting."
"What's interesting?" Li Yueqi thought this signal was dumb, like something her little brother would come up with.
"Although it seems silly, it makes sense too. If you smash the cup, your clothes get wet, and naturally, you'd need to change in the backyard, which is the perfect place for a meeting, disguising as mortals would be the safest,"
Zhang Ze started to analyze things with Li Yueqi randomly.
"And to catch this person, I think we should be a bit more cautious and find an expert to oversee it."
"Elder Han, perhaps, I can ensure there are no outsiders at Dragon Palace, and Elder Han stays there most of the time, rarely leaving, so Yu Dong can't possibly know him," Li Yueqi said.
"Alright, I'll follow your lead." Zhang Ze nodded.
"We need to clear out that place, and it shouldn't involve people from your Beast Taming Sect," Zhang Ze thought for a moment, deciding to have Lily bring some people over.
Incidentally, the issue with the Beast Taming Sect's mecha also needs to be discussed with her in detail, so it's better to have her come over with her things for on-site research.
"Should we inform Li Jue about this?" Zhang Ze asked.
"No need, he's too rash and will only mess things up." Li Yueqi shook her head.
Thus, Nameless and Yu Dong had a long exchange, spanning a direct distance of less than 800 meters.
With constant probing and counterprobing, occasional disconnects, miscommunications, and the involvement of the two strategist-like figures, Li Yueqi and Li Jue, they finally decided on the meeting place and time.
The time was set for two days later.
The location was Yinhu City, west side, Nine Dragon Restaurant.
The seating was on the first floor in the hall, by the window, seat number nine.
Yu Dong would order a pot of Osmanthus Wine.
Nameless would smash a cup as a signal, soaking his clothes.
Finally, they would meet in the backyard of the Nine Dragon Restaurant.
Lily, wearing a bamboo hat, stood at the southern city gate, with Golden Retriever by her side. The long street behind her appeared ordinary, but it was filled with her people.
There were cultivators from the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, idle people from the Sword Sect participating for excitement, and even demon constables from Wangyang City undergoing training.
They all disguised themselves as ordinary loose cultivators or mortals, hiding their cultivation, pretending not to know each other while staying a respectful distance behind Lily.
Although this group was quite diverse, Lily considered them all elite.
They were all talents from the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion!
But despite the talent, her greatest reliance was still Fuji.
After feeding a biscuit to the little Fuji hiding in her bosom, Lily stepped towards the city west.
"Yu Dong Action begins!"
Cultivators from the Beast Taming Sect and Medicine King Valley had already taken their positions.
They were all reliable people known to Li Jue and Xia Yan, their cultivation starting at the Golden Core level.
At the moment, they were disguised as mortals, bladesmen, peddlers, and wealthy merchants, enjoying drinks and food at the Nine Dragon Restaurant, chatting away.
The disguised Li Jue and Xia Yan were seated on the second floor.
And Zhang Ze and Li Yueqi, also in disguise, were sitting at the table next to them.
"Where are they? Why aren't they here yet?"
In the entire Nine Dragon Restaurant, inside and outside, everyone was thinking the same question.