Yuan Se's belongings were unlikely to have left his person for no reason.
Not daring to delay, Huo Kong put away the item and swiftly departed. Southern Prefecture had caused such a huge commotion, yet he could not contact Yuan Se, nor could Yuan Chun. He had no idea what Yuan Se intended and was just about to find out what was going on.
He had barely gone any distance after leaving when he ran into Yue Guangming approaching with a stack of intelligence reports in hand, clearly intending to report something. "Sir."
Huo Kong raised a hand. "Nothing urgent. We'll talk later."
Seeing him hurry past, Yue Guangming immediately turned and followed. "Where are you going, Commander?"
"We'll talk later." Huo Kong waved again, signaling him not to follow. Yue Guangming had no choice but to stop.
After securing a flying mount, Huo Kong left alone without bringing anyone, because the letter had instructed him to come secretly...
Northern Mountain Rock Valley was a barren rocky valley north of Misty Pavilion's main headquarters, where not a blade of grass grew.
After arriving, Huo Kong circled overhead for a while before guiding his flying mount down into the valley.
The moment he jumped down from the mount, he looked around and found no one. Just as he was puzzled, a figure suddenly flashed down from above the gorge, moving so quickly that he was caught completely off guard.
In the instant they passed each other and exchanged blows, their strengths were on entirely different levels. He was subdued on the spot.
With such strength, he nearly suspected the other party was his master, Yuan Se. But one look at the man's build told him that was impossible. He immediately asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
The newcomer was