Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower-Chapter 1004: Rootless Duckweed

But they encountered trouble as soon as they arrived.

Outside the vast city of Biluo, many merchants were gathered. Initially, the bandits were clueless, wondering why these merchants were hosting a gathering outside the city instead of entering it.

Later, they learned that Biluo City was under lockdown, and everyone had to wait outside until the lockdown was lifted to enter. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

Their hearts sank in fear, worrying that Yuwen Jun had deliberately closed the city gates to catch Yuwen Luanfei. If he managed to capture her, their entire journey here would be pointless.

These past few days were agonizing for the bandits, as they prayed fervently that Yuwen Jun wouldn’t find her. Finally, when the lockdown ended, they rushed inside.

Pretending to be a merchant caravan, they complied with Biluo City’s rules that required merchant teams to stay at Dongsheng Tavern. After checking in, they hurried out immediately.

But as soon as they went out, they were dumbfounded.

To them, Biluo City was the first truly grand city they had ever visited.

Looking at the immense, magnificent, and bustling city filled with crowds, they were utterly stunned.

So many people—how were they supposed to find anyone here?

No wonder Yuwen Jun had locked the gates to search for someone. If it were them, they’d probably keep the gates shut for over a hundred days too.

And as if the pressure of finding someone wasn’t bad enough, there were rumors that the Fifth Prince had come down from Cold City and had already taken over the Eldest Prince’s stronghold.

Now things had worsened—the Western Region was seized, and the Eldest Prince’s troops withdrew to Ying County.

Geographically speaking, Gu County and Ying County are connected in a line. Thus, their Eldest Master was likely also forced to retreat to Ying County. Of course, this was assuming the best-case scenario. Looking at the worst-case scenario, the Eldest Master might have already perished in battle.

This assumption terrified them, and they didn’t dare dwell on it. If their leader was dead, what could they possibly do?

And so, all they could do was focus on finding their target.

Only by finding her could they have any hope for the future.

However, the bandits didn’t get far before they were stopped by guards.

In Biluo City, merchants could only appear in the marketplace, which was concentrated in the northern part of the city. Residential areas were in the southern part, with the City Lord’s Mansion separating the north and south.

Ordinary citizens could use their household registration documents to enter the marketplace, but merchants weren’t allowed to use documents to visit residential areas. Violating this regulation would result in immediate detention by the guards.

Thus, the bandits could only gaze at the residential area, so close yet so far, unable to approach it. They had no choice but to return to the inn and wait for the night to act.

While eating dinner that evening, they unexpectedly found a slip of paper. On it was written: "Yuwen Luanfei is at the end of Seventh Alley, Lower Left District."

Seeing the note, the bandits’ hairs stood on end.

Who had sent the note out of nowhere?

And how did this person know their purpose for coming here?

The bandits were gripped by panic, scanning their surroundings with extreme vigilance.

They thought their itinerary was a tightly kept secret, known to no one. But now, it seemed that their every move had been watched by someone with ill intentions.

What were they supposed to do?

How could they dare take any reckless action now?

"What should we do?"

"Should we retreat?" someone cautiously suggested.

The squad leader cast a somber look at his subordinate. "Amid this turmoil, where could we possibly go? Turning back is out of the question—we can’t return to Gu County."

After he spoke, the group fell silent.

Indeed, when they had left, Gu County was still under Yuwen Song’s control. But now, Gu County had become part of the Fifth Prince’s domain.

With the loss of contact with their Eldest Master, they were like rootless duckweed, adrift in uncertainty.

"For now, our only course of action is to locate Yuwen Luanfei. Once we find her, we can negotiate, whether it’s to hand her over to Yuwen Song or the Fifth Prince."

This was their only leverage—they had to seize it.

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