Three full days had passed since Lin Bai sent word to the Zhao Xing Office and Chu Tinghan.
The Zhao Xing Office and Chu Tinghan had not followed Lin Bai's arrangement and withdrawn their surveillance. Instead, they had continued secretly watching every move Lin Bai and Li Guxian made.
Li Guxian and Lin Bai naturally sensed that the Zhao Xing Office had not withdrawn.
Thus, over the following days, Li Guxian truly did take Lin Bai around to admire the scenery, watch the sunrise, and watch the sunset...
This caused the Zhao Xing Office and Chu Tinghan to frown deeply, unable to figure out what Li Guxian was really doing.
On this day.
At dusk.
Lin Bai and Li Guxian sat atop a Lonely Mountain, watching the sunset dye the edge of the sky red, along with the faint, towering outline of the distant imperial capital.
Suddenly.
Lin Bai seemed to think of something, and his expression abruptly darkened.
Time seemed to be working against them.
The sect leaders coming to the imperial capital to demand an accounting were already on the road, and over the next few days, they would arrive in the imperial capital one after another.
Had Li Guxian been dragging him around these past few days to buy time?
Waiting for the sect leaders to reach the imperial capital before beginning their plan.
"If that's the case..." Lin Bai narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "then Lu Qingjun and Yi Heze must be inside the imperial capital, not outside it."
"But where could they be hidden?"
That was what gave Lin Bai the biggest headache.
The imperial capital was far too vast, and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had operated there for many years. Hiding two people without anyone noticing was simply too