Along the way, Wu Xuantian heard nothing but news of Deng Tai'a and Tuoba Bodhisattva's great battle. Rumor had it that the two had already been fighting for several days.
Orange Prefecture
This was the southernmost prefecture of Northern Mang. It stood across the mountains from Gu Jiantang's Two Liaos border army. Facing off against Liyang here was Murong Baoding, the prefecture's Commissioner with Imperial Authority. Rumored to possess defensive abilities comparable to Li Dangxin's, he was a martial arts Great Vajra known as the Half-Faced Buddha. Like Gu Jiantang, he was a supreme expert who regularly appeared on the Martial Ranking.
After parting ways with Jiang Ni and Cao Changqing, Xu Fengnian had followed the route Li Yishan had given him and traveled all the way here.
The purpose of Xu Fengnian's journey was Su Su, the exiled crown prince of the former Western Shu, who had been hiding here all along.
Xu Fengnian had come to Northern Mang essentially to harvest what had been planted. Over the years, Li Yishan had made countless moves across Northern Mang. Every place Xu Fengnian passed through brought him new allies.
His encounter with the fallen Western Shu crown prince was merely one link in that chain.
There was also one of Northern Mang's great fiends: the blind female zither player Xue Songguan, a Great Finger Mystery Realm expert.
There were many ruthless figures in the Finger Mystery Realm, such as Deng Tai'a and Han Diao Temple. Those few were no weaker than Great Celestial Phenomenon experts.
Earlier, the group had fought a battle. In the end, Xu Fengnian escaped pursuit with Deathsworn Wu's help. Xue Songguan, who had three zither strings severed, did not continue hunting Xu Fengnian. Instead, she turned around and helped him kill several assassins lurking in