Xu Lanqing did not linger at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. When Ning Tian led Vina out of the main hall to show her around, he left with the Ice Empress.
Rixing City, on the Sun Moon Empire's border.
The sky was just beginning to lighten. The sun poked up over the horizon, its tip flushed red with shyness. The cool sunlight fell on the city's tall, sturdy metal walls, making them seem even colder and more imposing.
As a barrier on the Sun Moon Empire's northeastern border facing the Heaven Dou Empire, Rixing City could be attacked at any time. The civilians had mostly left the city thousands of years ago, and aside from the occasional sounds of military drills, it was eerily quiet.
Before the city gate tower stood an exceptionally beautiful woman in a white dress as pure as snow, one hand resting on the battlements as she gazed toward the Heaven Dou Empire. She seemed out of place among the soldiers on guard, but none dared to say a word. If anything, her presence made the place even quieter. Behind her, a burly man in finely crafted general's armor barely dared to breathe.
At the edge of her vision stretched a range of steep, rugged peaks: the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, the Tiandou Mountain Range. Wei Qingyang's army was stationed within it.
She wondered how Xu Lanqing and the Ice Empress were faring at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Snow Empress was somewhat worried.
After all, the sect was not far from Heaven Dou City. According to Xu Lanqing, the Heaven Dou Empire had grown much stronger since the Body Sect joined it.
And the army was no easy opponent, either. When they had explored the Tiandou