A few hours later, the carriage of Xu Qi's group reached the city nearest to the village.
After dropping the bandit leader to the City Guards who immediately recognized him as a wanted personality, they continued to the city's Sect Outpost to report what they encountered to the Outpost Manager and also sent word back to the sect about it.
On their way out, they ran into a member of the Wandering Inspectors who specifically waited there for Xu Qi, asking him to confirm something about the cave that he pointed to the leader of the Wandering Inspectors.
Xiao Yue was ready to defend him if he was about to be interrogated again but it ended up as nothing more than an inquiry. When he told the inspector every detail he could remember, they were left alone again.