"Now!"
Ning Xiaochuan added, "Now that the breach in the Outer City's walls has been repaired, the Inner City should lift its lockdown very soon. It will be much easier for us to enter the Outer City then, and we can transfer the clansmen out in batches. This is the best chance to leave the Imperial City!"
This time, the Old Marquis had no objections either. After all, the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion faced enormous hidden dangers if it remained in the Imperial City. Only by relocating to some remote corner of the empire might they find a sliver of hope for survival.
Over the following days, the Inner City gates indeed reopened.
Martial artists in the Imperial City could once again travel freely between the Inner and Outer Cities. Although fighting still continued in the Outer City, the tense atmosphere within the Imperial City eased considerably.
On this day, Ning Xiaochuan brought the Sword Pavilion Tower to the entrance of the underground passage in the Outer City.
The entrance to the underground passage had been built within a three-hundred-acre estate.
This was one of Netherworld Manor's strongholds, personally guarded by the First Netherworld Envoy, Meng Ying.
The moment Ning Xiaochuan entered the estate, Meng Ying hurried out to greet him. Her figure was graceful and alluring, her smile seductive. "Congratulations, Manor Lord, on your great advancement in cultivation. Even the Demon Sect's two Dao Masters were defeated by your hand. There are likely few people left in the world who can stand against you."
She had naturally witnessed the great battle that had taken place in the Imperial City a few days ago, and she held Ning Xiaochuan in even greater awe.
Ning Xiaochuan released three hundred young members of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion from the Sword Pavilion