The two men split after this. The cloaked man climbed back down the rock while the other man continued to work. Bai Yun waited for a while longer before sliding down and leaving the inner courtyard. He returned to the tree and hid out until the morning, and then slid out the same way he came in.
With this, it was clear who was the perpetrator of the assassination attempt. Bai Yun even heard a little more than he expected. Now what was left was to determine what to do?
Even if he wanted to kill the city lord, it was impossible with his strength. There was no poison, formation or anything else that he could put together quickly to kill the city lord. Maybe if was given enough time, but by then his cultivation would be enough to kill the city lord anyway.
Thus the best Bai Yun could do right now was to make some trouble for the city lord. Maybe inform his intentions. Thus make sure that he couldn't go after the mercenary team.