Xu Yi had no particular requests, nor any interest in sightseeing. For the past two days, he had stayed quietly in his quarters, using the Boundary Barrier Pearl to seal off the outside world and devoting himself to refining the Shapeshifting Bone Sword with his soul.
Apart from occasionally ordering large quantities of delicacies, he spent all his time refining the bone sword.
Two days passed in a flash.
That evening, a young attendant in blue quietly announced that it was time to leave. Only then did Xu Yi put away the Boundary Barrier Pearl and the Shapeshifting Bone Sword and step outside.
What greeted him was a sea of people. He had spent the past two days focused on refining the bone sword and hadn't carefully checked what was happening outside. He knew only that there had been plenty of people coming and going, but he hadn't expected there to be this many.
He had barely reached the entrance when a commotion broke out. The hosts were telling everyone to set off.
There was no ceremony. After someone announced their destination, a squad of red-armored soldiers took the lead and raced west.
Immediately, over ten thousand people rose into the air and followed the red-armored soldiers.
Xu Yi mingled with the crowd, flying at an unhurried pace as he observed the situation.
It didn't take long for him to get a general idea of where everyone had come from. Their clothing and insignia were the clearest clues.
They were either envoys from the prefectures under Jiannan Road, emissaries bearing congratulatory gifts from the various road courts, or scions of influential families.
With all the attendants these people had brought along, a crowd of this size was only natural.
They flew west for nearly an hour. Then the red-armored soldiers