Forceful Assault

Just before dawn, when the sky was neither bright nor dark, was the moment when people were most lax. Even the guards of Twin Sun Red Dragon City were no exception.

The watch had just changed, and the city gates had only just opened. Those entering the city still had to endure some questioning, but hardly anyone paid attention to those leaving. There should originally have been spies and secret agents under the Inspectorate registering people with strange appearances or suspicious behavior near the gates, but because of a secret order from Hu Xinzhu, all the spies and agents around the eastern gates of the four walls—the palace city, official city, inner city, and outer city—of Twin Sun Red Dragon City had been transferred away.

It was only a quarter of an hour later that the newly rotated spies and agents returned to the eastern gate, but Lin Qi and his party had already disguised themselves and left Twin Sun Red Dragon City.

On the road out of the city, Lin Qi silently calculated his next سلسلة of actions.

The eighteen drops of green sap from the Undying Sal Osmanthus Tree were as effective as the sap of the legendary Tree of Life. They possessed an immensely powerful aura of vitality, enough to heal all the hidden injuries within Ying Zheng and swiftly restore him to his peak condition. Moreover, he had swallowed all eighteen drops in one gulp, enough to propel his strength soaring by a great margin.

But the osmanthus tree had infused the sap with some medicinal power that helped one enter meditation and sleep. After swallowing eighteen drops, Ying Zheng would be unable to move for at least a month.

In other words, even if he wanted to issue an edict granting Lin Qi the title