On the heavily guarded Imperial Guard Road, the deer carriage slowly crossed the palace gates and entered the imperial city within the capital.
The imperial city's defenses were even tighter.
The instant the deer carriage entered the imperial city, Lin Bai felt as though a gaze swept over him, examining him from head to toe with perfect clarity.
A formation? Lin Bai guessed that it was very likely some kind of surveillance formation within the imperial city. When the formation swept over him, he had naturally come under its surveillance as well.
In other words, every move Lin Bai made in the imperial city from this point onward would be recorded by the formation, leaving no room for error.
Lin Bai continued lifting the carriage curtain to look outside. After entering the imperial city, he discovered that the Imperial Guards were growing more numerous. There were not only guards stationed along the Imperial Guard Road—many hidden sentries were concealed all around them as well.
When Lin Bai lifted the curtain, he sensed at least a dozen gazes coming from every direction, watching his every move.
Even after recognizing Lin Bai's identity, they still did not withdraw their gazes.
Lin Bai paid no attention to those gazes and did not cast any spell to resist the formation's surveillance. He simply looked outside at the imposing and luxurious imperial city.
The deer carriage traveled peacefully along the Imperial Guard Road. Before dawn, it arrived at a massive plaza, where it finally came to a stop.
Lin Bai also replied with a smile.
The fifteen peak forces were the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, and Qi Tian Sect of the Eastern Region; and Southern Border Insect Valley, Mountain Sea Sect, Barbarian Sect, and Witch Sect of the Southern Region.
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