Chapter 523

The public coach was not particularly fast. Even with a safe journey all the way, it took quite a number of days to travel from Void City to Glimmerstone City.

During those days, North Wind kept a low profile and hardly spoke to any of the other passengers. She deliberately rested for two days each in Dragon Roar Town and Gold Rush Town. On the one hand, this was to present the image expected of a delicate female artist; on the other, it was to stagger her schedule from the passengers who had traveled alongside her, reducing the chance that they would remain on the same route.

But she never imagined that directly above her head was a fellow traveler who had followed her all along, yet had never once been noticed by her.

When the public coach pulled into Glimmerstone City Station, North Wind deliberately waited for a while before getting off near the very end of the passengers. After alighting, she appeared somewhat weary. After resting briefly, she asked pedestrians by the roadside for the address of Mr. Wood, the sculptor.

Wood was already a celebrity in Glimmerstone City, and even ordinary passersby knew of him. Yet this particular pedestrian happened not to know where he lived. Still, the helpful man had no intention of making North Wind ask someone else for directions. He insisted on taking her to the guards patrolling the city and asking them for Wood's address.

As the helpful man led her to the guards, North Wind's heartbeat visibly quickened. Though her face remained calm, in Sui Xiong's eyes, her tension and fear were as plain as day.

(Heh heh, this woman really is worse than Wood!)

Sui Xiong chuckled inwardly as he watched North Wind negotiate with the guards, claiming that she was