Two days later.
At dusk.
Outside the towering gates of Heavenly Cliff City.
Su Yi stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the ancient city walls in the distance. An image of a woman involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
Her brows curved delicately, a lotus crown atop her head, a Crane Cloak draped over her shoulders, a lotus lamp in hand. She stood alone in the darkness, yet her peerless grace could not be concealed.
After a long while, Su Yi shook his head.
"When do you plan to head to my clan, Fellow Daoist?"
At his side, Ye Tianqu could not help asking.
"When the time is right."
Su Yi answered casually.
The Ghost Snake Race's clan assembly would not begin for another ten days. Before then, Su Yi intended to gather some information before choosing an opportunity to visit the Ghost Snake Race.
"You should be careful when you return this time."
Su Yi reminded him.
Ye Tianqu smiled. "Within the Ghost Snake Race, slaughtering one's own kin is a grave taboo. So long as I enter Heavenly Cliff City, no one would dare kill me."
Su Yi said flatly, "If they cannot kill you, they can still treat you as a criminal and lock you up."
Ye Tianqu's eyes narrowed slightly. Then he drew a deep breath and said, "Even if they lock me up, I will never support the election of a new clan chief!"
After giving it some thought, Su Yi said, "I'll be staying at Auspicious Cloud Pavilion in the western part of the city these next few days. If you run into trouble, you can come find me."
Ye Tianqu had entrusted the Ancestral Jade Seal to him, a stranger. That was a sign of trust.
Naturally, he would not betray