after zhao xu used his invisibility spell to leave the grocery plaza, he immediately headed towards the wizard association's station in winter city.
after he had left mystra to look for the altar where the demons were hiding, he had been sent to the inn in the town to rest because there was no wizard association there.
Otherwise, Zhao Xu could have just used his identity as a wizard to apply for accommodation at the magic Association nearby.
Other than the fact that the price of a night's stay was much lower, the mage Association itself meant that there was enough privacy.
He was wearing a magic robe and had a huge scythe on his back. The combination of these characteristics was truly dazzling.
The Paperboy had only mentioned that he could cast 3rd-circle spells, but when he pointed out the giant scythe, the wizard apprentice and Shen Nian would understand that the 3rd-circle wizard who had taken the lives of Waland and and the others was standing in front of them.