Elder Dragon

Riding a tall, fine steed and looking at the iron-black buildings within the palace city, all seemingly cast from the same mold, Lin Qi felt as though a great mountain were pressing down on his heart, so stifling he could barely breathe. The furtive Bilibili sneaked up beside Lin Qi and muttered in a low voice, "Great and terrifying Master, at least five hundred people are watching us! Shall your most loyal Bilibili go and kill them all?"

Lin Qi shook his head. His spiritual power was greatly restricted within the palace city. First, it could only extend a little over a hundred meters; second, the surrounding buildings, walls, and even the ground were inscribed with countless runes, which his spiritual power could not penetrate.

Thus, when it came to detecting those watchers, Lin Qi was actually less keen than Bilibili, this demon.

Narrowing his eyes, Lin Qi said indifferently, "We... have nothing shameful to hide. Let them watch."

After a while, as Lin Qi and the others drew ever closer to Flying Leaf Alley, the watchers' movements became increasingly conspicuous and brazen. When Lin Qi's party was less than half a li from Flying Leaf Alley, a group of brawny men clad in black robes, their cuffs embroidered with several blood-red stripes, simply stood openly at the roadside. Their eyes gleamed with ferocity as they stared fixedly at Lin Qi, hands gripping the hilts of their sabers, veins standing out one by one across the backs of their hands.

Lin Qi gave a cold laugh and glanced at Hu Xinzhu beside him. "Brother Xinzhu, do the bandits of Twin Sun Red Dragon City dare rob people in broad daylight?"

Hu Xinzhu cast the dozen or so tough-looking men a chilly glance, then slowly waved at them. "Prince Qinghe has