At the same time.
Outside the Silver Mist Mountain Range.
Lu Feng drove the Jade Dragon Steed to the area where the Sword Hut disciples had previously left him. After circling around and finding no Sword Hut disciples stationed there, he could not help but grow suspicious.
Back then, he had clearly asked those people to investigate the family where Qi Wansu was staying. If anything urgent arose, they were to use the soul jade as a signal—crush it and summon him back.
Qi Wansu's absence from the Sword Appraisal Conference had always left a thread of worry and concern in his heart.
But now, after so many days had passed, why had there been no word at all from the Sword Hut? Even the people who had promised to station themselves here every day and bring him back were nowhere to be seen.
Had something happened within the Sword Hut itself?
Or was it that nothing serious had happened to the Qi Family, and the disciples stationed here had simply slacked off and run away without permission?
Filled with worry, Lu Feng headed straight for Silver Yuan City.
Had it been the old him, he would certainly have disguised both himself and his horse, concealing the Jade Dragon Steed's extraordinary nature to avoid unnecessary trouble.
But with his anxious state of mind, coupled with his breakthrough in strength, he had no time to bother with such matters now.
Though Silver Yuan City housed Jun Family businesses, the strongest forces stationed there should not pose much of a threat to him.
Man and horse streaked across the icy plain beneath the night like a white meteor, and from afar, they seemed to draw a graceful white line through the darkness.
By the time they reached the outskirts of Silver Yuan