A dark-sailed small passenger ship was slowly moving across the nighttime river.

There were apes that roared by the river shore, households that still had their lights on visible from time to time and even some glowing fireflies that fluttered about in the air.

On a distant merchant ship, there was someone playing the pipa.

At the tail of the dark-sailed small passenger ship, an old boatman was sculling the ship. At the bow of the ship, there was a grizzled haired old servant wrapped in cloth, about to fall asleep. Inside the dark-sailed ship’s small cabin were two youngsters, one male, one female.

Lin Xi had met these two before during the academy’s organized recruitment, they were Self Defense Department’s third year students, Chen Mu and Du Zhanye.

The bright and talented Chen Mu had a small coded text scroll in his hands, its contents completely scrambled. He looked at Du Zhanye and said, “For the sake of safety, this is the last piece of information we will receive before we arrive at Jadefall City, there won’t be anyone else who will try to contact us again on our journey… However, I don’t reckon you to expect this final piece of information to actually mention that Lin Xi I had you pay attention to.”

Chen Mu looked at the extremely gentle and ordinary, but slightly chubby Du Zhanye who never treated him like a normal friend, but always carried the utmost respect...

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