Xu Tianran Closes the Net, Huo Yuhao Rescues Ju Zi and Is Forced to Return to Defend

Xu Tianran's net had never fallen in just one place.

Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, and Xu Sanshi had already followed the escort route Ju Zi provided all the way north.

This time, they kept their eyes on people, carts, banners, and passwords, following closely based on the disguise clues Ju Zi had given them. Around the hour of the Tiger, a convoy of wounded soldiers replaced the old banner of the Heaven Soul prisoner camp, with more than a dozen genuinely wounded soldiers lying in the carts. At the start of the hour of the Rabbit, the royal military physicians came to inspect the carts, but Sun Moon military Fire-Sealing Clasps were concealed beneath their physicians' robes. Farther north, three empty supply carts emerged from the abandoned merchant road outside Little Relay City, their undersides stained with Black-Gray Fire Lotus residue.

Every step matched what Ju Zi had said perfectly, yet every step felt as though it had been deliberately arranged for them to see.

Xu Sanshi felt a chill run down his back. "Yuhao, did Ju Zi really reveal every clue to us?"

"I find it strange too. Perhaps real clues are the most convincing lies," Huo Yuhao said quietly.

He swept the underside of the supply cart with his Spirit Eyes and finally spotted a small section of a silver-blue roster, scorched by fire, wedged inside the axle. It was not a map, but a series of escort records. It listed the wounded convoy, the military physicians' camp, the supply carts, and a final line mostly burned away by a black-red fire lotus.

The Saintess has returned to the Holy Spirit Cult and is heading to the northern front to meet the enemy.

Tang Wutong's expression changed.

Xu Sanshi cursed. "They're sending Sister Xiaotao back onto the battlefield?"