High Sparrow Tower's Second Floor, All Present Were Legends!

[Yue Province was far away; you had traveled for a day!]

[By now, the setting sun hung low.]

[You gazed into the distance. High Plains City stood majestic ahead, a vital stronghold of Yue Province. It was truly impregnable—one man guarding the pass could hold back ten thousand!]

[At this moment!]

[The city gates swung wide open. Dozens of guards stood solemnly on either side, while four figures waited quietly in the center.]

[Tuoba Shuyi, Gu Yi, and Tuoba Yuan, the imperial uncle.]

[In an instant!]

[Upon seeing those familiar people at the city gate, Tuoba Hongyan's eyes brimmed with tears. He had journeyed back and forth to Morning Mausoleum for years, and this time had accepted his duty in a moment of crisis!]

[He had not disappointed his father's expectations.]

[Lu Yu watched from the side, his brows knitting slightly as he muttered inwardly, Why had Tuoba Hongyan suddenly become so weepy?]

[Since ancient times, men did not shed tears lightly!]

[You merely smiled.]

[Noticing the strange looks from you and Lu Yu, Tuoba Hongyan's weathered dark face reddened. "I have made Prince Yan and the Young Marshal laugh!"]

[You raised your riding crop. The fiery red steed flicked its tail as the three riders drew ever closer!]

[The three parties slowly came together!]

[Your appearance drew all those gazes.]

[The Empress of Qianyuan, Tuoba Shuyi, and the others were all rulers of their nations, figures who commanded the winds and clouds of the age. Some among them had met several times before.]

[Only you had vanished without a trace for fifteen years, and none of them had ever seen you.]

[Only Tuoba Shuyi knew you well. As his gaze settled on you, it seemed to return to the time when you had faced one another by the Yellow