Beneath the Lake!
When Lin Bai and Tuo Baxin avoided the layers of overt guards and hidden sentries scattered throughout Verdant City and reached the lake before the City Lord's Mansion, dawn had already broken.
Golden sunlight was like a thorn piercing through Verdant City's dense morning fog. The darkness blanketing heaven and earth retreated as swiftly as if it had encountered its natural enemy, gradually dispersing.
"It's daylight." Standing beside the lake, Lin Bai raised his head and glanced at the sky. The golden dawn illuminated his stern face.
The crow perched on his shoulder looked even more extraordinary beneath the dawnlight, as though it had flown out of the blazing sun—the Golden Crow, noble and sacred.
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Lin Bai, Tuo Baxin wore an elegant white robe that accentuated his refined bearing. His handsome, fair face was filled with a scholar's gentle smile.
Yet the muscles bulging across his entire body and the terrifying primordial power radiating from beneath his robes were completely at odds with his refined air.
It was like Zhang Fei embroidering flowers—a bizarre fusion of ruggedness and elegance.
The City Lord's Mansion was empty now. Its courtyards, large and small, had long since been deserted. Some people had already left Verdant City under Madam Qianrou's arrangements and gone to Barren City.
Others had received orders and gone to Verdant City's gates to intercept the invading enemies.
The City Lord of Verdant City was currently locked in an unending battle in the clouds with that Primordial Unity powerhouse from the Chu royal family. The commotion constantly shook Verdant City, leaving the martial artists within trembling with unease.
It was also thanks to the Chu royal family's current attack on Verdant City that the overt guards and hidden sentries in the City Lord's