"We have to leave immediately." Lu Qingming had noticed it too. He scooped Li Mu Yang up from the ground and said urgently,
"Leave? Where?" Li Mu Yang asked. He looked at Lu Xingkong on the viewing platform and said, "What about Grandpa Lu?"
"This was Father's order." Lu Qingming's eyes reddened as he gritted his teeth. "He told me to get you out safely at all costs."
"But what about Grandpa Lu?"
"Father has his own way to escape."
Li Mu Yang grew frantic. Pointing at Lu Xingkong's gray figure, which looked bleak and gaunt amid the wind and snow, he said, "If we leave, Grandpa Lu will have no way out but death. There's no way he can escape Song Gudú."
Lu Qingming hesitated, unable to decide.
He knew that if he fled early with Li Mu Yang, his father would probably have a hard time leaving and would end up dying on the spot like Mu Dingyi.
On one side was his father; on the other, his son. There was no way to have both.
Soon, he gritted his teeth and said, "Staying here won't help matters. It'll only add to Father's burden. We'll leave first, or we won't be able to leave at all."
As he spoke, Lu Qingming was already carrying Li Mu Yang into the air, darting toward the foot of Mount Lan.
Seeing Li Mu Yang being carried away, Snowball chased after them with a "ji ji ji," bubbles frothing from its mouth.
The Wolf King followed close behind Snowball. When he saw Snowball run off, he too fled into the distance, his entire body wreathed in flames. All four hooves left the ground, making him look as though he were running through the air.
Prince Fu glanced up and said coldly, "Keep