"Pfft, good brother, that was quite a unique way of getting in!" Hearing the sound of someone landing, Shi Hao, who had already walked some distance ahead, turned back and laughed teasingly.
"I'm fine. My foot just slipped. Everyone makes mistakes!"
Shi Jue patted off dust that was not there and spoke with complete composure. Even under close scrutiny, there was not the slightest hint of a blush on his face.
Still, his backside was burning with pain. Whenever he tried to recover, the power Liu Shen had left behind would stop him. In other words, he would have to wait two days for it to fade on its own.
Liu Shen had recovered to a very high realm, so no one in the Lower Realm could interfere with the passageway she had opened. The two of them arrived smoothly near the Imperial Capital.
A journey of several hundred li was nothing to Shi Jue and Shi Hao. They quickly reached the city gates. One possessed the Movement Secret Technique, while the other knew the Kunpeng Treasure Technique; their speeds were practically unmatched in the world.
Shi Jue had only just learned the Kunpeng Method and had not yet put it to actual use. What interested him most was the power of Great Yin and Great Yang contained within it. However, to comprehend it to that extent, he needed an extremely deep understanding of the Precious Technique and to grasp its true essence.
The Imperial Capital's walls were incomparably tall, built from countless massive stones. They rose ahead like a mountain range, towering and immovable. Their mottled traces carried the weathered air of countless years.
This place was utterly unfamiliar to Shi Jue, since it was his first time here. Shi Hao, however, wore a complicated expression. Though his memories