Prince Yuan's expression shifted for a moment. He slowly tightened his grip on the Tiger Tally, raised his head, and said, "Imperial Father, it will not be easy to leave the city at this time!"
"There is no need to leave the city."
Emperor Wenguang said casually, "Beneath Green Eye Lake in Yunmeng Garden lies a secret rift. Once opened, it leads to Marquis Ferry in Haixi Province. From there, one may slip out of the Convergence Zone and sail directly to the Western Continent."
Prince Yuan's eyes widened. Green Eye Lake was the largest recreational lake within the palace gardens. He had visited it countless times. While tempering his body, he had even chased and wrestled with the white carp in its waters. He was familiar with most of the lake.
Yet he had never imagined that such a place existed beneath it.
Still, he remained uneasy. Yet with the Tiger Tally in hand, he seemed to have found a little more courage and dared to speak certain words.
"Imperial Father, forgive your son's bluntness. To my knowledge, the nations of the Western Continent are no longer as they once were. They bear the utmost hostility toward our imperial bloodline. Even if we reach the Convergence Zone of the Western Continent and find its emperor, our Yuan Clan will still be dependent on others... Your son can endure it, but I cannot bear to see Imperial Father suffer such humiliation."
The situation on the Western Continent was no longer what it had once been. In the Old Era—more precisely, before the Great Alliance—geographical and technological barriers meant that, even when the two continents communicated, it was limited to ceremonial and commercial exchanges. They scarcely affected one another politically, and military threats were out of the question.
Even though Mystic