Out of caution over a danger that was highly likely to exist, Ye Zhen did not linger in Luoyi.
On the very day he arrived in Luoyi, after their discussions were concluded, he secretly left Luoyi that very night and headed for Haiyuan City in the Marquisate of Haiyuan, the location of the nearest Ancient Teleportation Array.
Moreover, Ye Zhen had changed his appearance.
According to the plan, when Ye Zhen returned this time to report on his duties, he would bring Liu Feng, Heavenly Patrol General Feng Jiumo, Spirit Investigator Niu Er, and the others back with him. However, Liu Feng and Niu Er would travel openly to Haiyuan City during the day, drawing attention away.
Thanks to his disguise and meticulous arrangements, Ye Zhen encountered no mishaps until he reached the Ancient Teleportation Array on Dragon Roaming Plain outside Luoyi. Only then did he restore his true appearance and wait there for Liu Feng and Niu Er to join him.
According to the Great Zhou Law, officials returning to Luoyi to report on their duties had to publicly display an honor guard, paying ceremonial respect to Heaven, Earth, and the sovereign.
Furthermore, Ye Zhen could not enter Luoyi while disguised.
As they traveled through the Teleportation Arrays, the difference between Ye Zhen's route and Liu Feng's group's route was not great. Thus, Ye Zhen waited on Dragon Roaming Plain for less than an hour before joining up with Liu Feng and the others.
Afterward, a simple earl's honor guard, together with the minimum required twenty-odd ceremonial attendants, set out from the Ancient Teleportation Array on Dragon Roaming Plain for Luoyi.
Almost as soon as the honor guard of Ye Zhen, the third-rank Earl of North Sea, was raised, more than a hundred Talisman Signals shot into the sky