December 19.
The third day after the Northern Expedition Army set out.
In the sky, a flying vessel slipped invisibly through the sea of clouds.
Li Lei and Zhang Yuqing stood on the deck, gazing curiously at the scene beyond the ship.
A bearded, disheveled-looking man stood guard behind them.
He was Yu Lei. Once a Rogue Cultivator of the jianghu, he had later cultivated the Five Phases Reverse Wheel Method, repairing his damaged Implant and breaking through to the realm of a Martial Dao Master.
He now belonged to the Jing An Marquis Residence.
"Let's go back inside. We shouldn't trouble Master Yu by making him stand here all the time."
Li Lei said to Zhang Yuqing.
Yu Lei smiled when he heard this. "Lord Li, there's no need to worry. I was born looking exhausted like this. Standing anywhere makes no difference, so you needn't mind me."
Li Lei smiled as well, but he still took Zhang Yuqing back inside.
Yu Lei was, after all, a Martial Dao Master. He could not truly treat the man as his personal bodyguard and order him around.
"I wonder whether Xiao Fei is still in Lanling City. Do you think we'll be able to see him when we get there?"
Zhang Yuqing said this after they returned to their room.
Li Lei shook his head. "The Emperor ordered Xiao Fei to lead the army on campaign. He's probably already set out."
When he and Zhang Yuqing had departed on this large Flying Escape Magical Artifact, the news that the Son of Heaven had ordered Li Fei and Xuan Chen to lead the army north had only just arrived.
Generals led troops outside while their families remained in the capital.
That was also considered a "tradition" of the Great Blue Dynasty.
However,