"So, you were behind this after all, Motian Xing."
As Su Yueli's words fell, Little Black had already leaped from her shoulder onto the table.
It stared in the direction of Azure Stone City, its nose twitching repeatedly as its claws scratched several shallow marks into the tabletop.
That Demon Qi had vanished quickly.
Little Black could only determine that the aura was connected to Motian Xing; it could not directly pinpoint his location.
Su Yueli put away the secret report.
Motian Xing had suffered grievous injuries at Yin Mountain. She had even shattered more than half of his physical body herself.
By all reason, what he should have been doing now was hiding away to recover.
Yet he had chosen this very moment to provoke a war between two nations.
That old devil would not waste his dwindling strength on something useless.
More than a hundred thousand people had died in Azure Stone City. They had to be of use to Motian Xing.
Su Yueli sighed and glanced at Han Yu.
For now, she did not intend to interfere in this matter. They still needed to locate Motian Xing first.
Han Yu understood Su Yueli's meaning and immediately turned around.
"Let's go."
Han Yu accepted the identity token sent by Great Li's Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and left the Imperial City with four cultivators skilled at examining traces left by techniques.
Great Qian and Great Xun had already gone to war.
Traveling from Great Li to Azure Stone City meant passing through two battle zones.
To avoid being mistaken for reinforcements by either side, Han Yu and the others did not travel by cloud boat, instead riding swift horses.
The first day went fairly smoothly, but by the second, large numbers of fleeing civilians began appearing along the road.
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