Lin Ye quietly left the academy and headed to the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce in Heaven Dou City.
Alice, the branch president, was already waiting for him.
"General President, Xue Beng has left the palace."
Alice gave him a detailed account of the situation.
The Chamber of Commerce's intelligence agents had been watching Xue Beng all along, and they had finally spotted him leaving the palace.
However, the fellow kept wandering around Heaven Dou City, seemingly without any destination in mind.
No one knew what he intended to do.
He paraded through the streets with a pack of lackeys, looking quite pleased with himself.
The people of Heaven Dou City had long since grown used to his presence.
Whenever they spotted him from a distance, they simply stayed out of his way.
His reputation as an ignorant wastrel had become firmly entrenched.
Xue Beng had spent most of his time inside the palace lately.
Ever since Heaven Dou Academy was destroyed, he had rarely gone out.
But whenever he did, he was just as ostentatious as ever.
Now that he had appeared on the streets again, passersby immediately scattered at the sight of him.
They did not want to accidentally run into him and give him an excuse to punish them.
After all, Xue Beng had done far too many outrageous things.
Even if a stray dog so much as glanced at him, he would rush over and beat it.
Alice listed the places Xue Beng had visited and connected them with lines on a map of Heaven Dou City.
His route did indeed look completely chaotic.
Lin Ye put away the map and said, "It does look like he's just wandering around, but this fellow definitely has some other purpose."
"There's no need to predict where he'll go