Inside the luxurious carriage.
Bai Yujun kept grabbing the gold fruit trays and wine cups, squeezing them hard until they warped. Gold was not particularly hard; her small hands worked with the strength contained within a twenty-meter-long giant snake, kneading them fiercely.
Then she pried the silver fittings embedded in the carriage loose and blended them into the lump of gold in her hands...
As she kneaded, she looked toward the distant Daming Palace beyond the curtains.
Her face was anxious, and she worked so quickly that fragrant sweat beaded at her temples. There was not much time left. She had to prepare everything before being suppressed within Daming Palace. Bai Yujun was a snake, a beast that yearned for freedom. She would never meekly accept being suppressed. At a time like this, she could rely on no one but herself!
Outside the carriage, the two senior disciples at the Golden Core Stage curiously glanced at Bai Yujun. They exchanged a look, shook their heads, and did not investigate.
No one knew what Bai Yujun was doing inside.
Daming Palace had been taken. Master Yuan had already entered the palace and begun making the necessary arrangements, leaving Bai Yujun little time.
A light rain still pattered from the sky.
Bai Yujun put down the things she had spent half the day preparing. She looked at the bracelet around her wrist, then at the two Golden Core Stage senior brothers outside. Raising her eyes to the sky, her pupils turned into snake eyes as she cast an infinitely watered-down version of the wind-and-rain summoning art.
The people in the convoy parked before Daming Palace suddenly noticed that the wind and rain had grown stronger...
The two Golden Core Stage senior disciples stood motionless. Rain fell upon their heads and naturally parted