But when he stood there, even the wind seemed to quiet within a hundred-zhang radius.
After the ambush last time, Long Xiaoyao had blamed himself for a long while, saying he shouldn't have left at such a critical moment.
Xu Yanli had tried to reassure him several times before he finally managed to let it go. But ever since then, wherever Xu Yanli went, Long Xiaoyao had stayed right by his side.
"Is everyone here?" Xu Yanli glanced around.
Luo Xu stepped forward. "Your Highness, Huo Yuhao and the others have already set out. They're waiting outside the city."
"Then let's go."
Xu Yanli climbed into the Soul Guidance Carriage and looked back at Ming Capital's gates.
The morning light spilled over the city walls, dyeing the whole city gold.
He turned his gaze away and drove out of the city.
Behind him, the gates of Prince Xiaoyao Mansion slowly closed.
In the attic of the Crown Prince's Mansion, Xu Tianran sat in his wheelchair, gazing at the figure gradually disappearing into the distance. For a long, long time, he didn't move.
The wind blew past, making the letter in his hand flutter lightly.
There was only one line on it: "Second Prince and Fourth Prince have also been in secret contact with the Holy Spirit Cult."
Xu Tianran lowered his eyes, the faintest smile curling his lips.
"Yanli, Yanli, just keep moving forward. I'll take care of the dirty work behind you."
He crumpled the letter in his fist. A flash of dark purple Soul Power flickered in his palm, and the scraps of paper scattered in the wind.
Outside Ming Capital, beside the official road,
Huo Yuhao, Tang Ling, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ji Juechen, Shen Muqing, Zhao Tiesheng, as well as Gu Yuena and Xiao Xiao, were