The street ahead glowed with lamplight, yet was utterly deserted. Yu Sui walked slowly through the torrential rain, using her Heaven's Eye to mend her wounded soul.
After walking for a while, she looked up at the enormous Red Fish swimming through the distant night sky.
Now and then, sparks flickered within the Red Fish. Waves churned and warships charged, yet she still couldn't see Zhongli Ci or Gongsun Qi.
She had come here to see Gongsun Qi's condition with her own eyes. Since there had been no movement for a day and a night, it seemed his reason was still intact. He wouldn't burn Qingyang Imperial Capital to the ground.
Yu Sui actually felt a little disappointed.
Human selfishness lay in hoping others would do what one didn't want to do oneself.
Yu Sui looked away and continued toward the exit of the Thirty-Six Streets.
Unfortunately, someone didn't want her to make it out alive.
A mounted squad charged out from the three-way intersection ahead. Hooves thundered through the street's rushing waters, kicking up countless sprays and shattering the lamplight reflected in the flood. They split into two groups and converged at the street where Yu Sui stood, blocking her way.
Yu Sui stopped and looked up.
The Nangong Sixth Department had found her.
The two groups, led by Muyang and Yan Xing, spread out into a ring, blocking all three roads.
"Second Miss, please stop," Muyang called.
They looked over the young woman standing alone in the rain. She was drenched from head to toe, her limp, wet hair clinging to her pale cheeks. She didn't look to be in very good shape.
Yan Xing raised a hand, signaling the whole squad to stop and hold their position.
He glanced at Muyang, silently indicating that the Second Miss