Betrayal

Under the hazy moon essence, a great river outside Purple Radiance City cut across the plain. Towering walls rose in majestic splendor, like a celestial city suspended beside the Milky Way.

Qin Ming had already entered the city and arrived outside a temporary palace.

Lu Chongyuan was exceedingly courteous and respectful. "Young master, please!"

Qin Ming was surprised. The group of soldiers stationed here was far from ordinary. Every one of them was an expert, their eyes bright and their Essence, Qi, and Spirit abundant.

He went deep into this important site and finally saw a hairpin made of Frost-Pattern Wood, its base color lustrous white and carrying a faint fragrance.

Lu Chongyuan introduced it. "Someone saw that the person you are looking for once wore this wooden hairpin."

Qin Ming accepted it and examined it closely.

In an instant, he resonated with a faint phantom. This truly was something that had belonged to Si Yeli.

However, no intense emotional residue remained on the hairpin. It should have merely been an ordinary accessory she had used recently.

Within that blurry image, Qin Ming even saw the flat-topped mountain three hundred li away, its peak seeming to have been "pinched off." The hairpin's material had come from there.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. An old acquaintance had truly left traces behind.

If Si Yeli had never come to Sunset Plain, then the problem would have been far more serious.

Qin Ming asked, "Where was this found?"

Lu Chongyuan replied, "It was picked up in the depths of the plain."

There was an Ancient Battlefield there, where the Killing Intent was extremely dense.

Wu Chan had personally rushed over. A whole day had already passed, yet she had not returned.

That was why Lu Chongyuan had stood atop the gate