Eastern Sea Demon Miasma, Lord Su in Their Sights (Part 2)

After sighing, Lady Xie continued.

"Change locations."

"Hmm?"

"Now that this place has been exposed, and the matter we came to handle is finished, there is no point in remaining in Ci Prefecture."

She went on to instruct them, "We return to Jiankang."

"Jiankang? We are not going to the Eastern Sea?"

"That is right. Since Luofeng City has appeared in the world, whether Mysterious Capital Palace stands behind it or someone else does, it means someone has noticed what we are doing. There is no meaning in going to the Eastern Sea for this round any longer; instead, it would expose the plans of the ancestral masters."

Lady Xie looked up at the starry sky, and ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers seemed to lie within her eyes.

"We will go to Jiankang and see just how far they intend to play this game of chess. Besides, Jiankang is also the focus of our next step."

"Heaven and earth are about to change."

Zhu Yan gazed at the rolling peaks of Mystic Mountain in the distance. Bathed in moonlight, the mountain shapes were hazy, like a sleeping beast.

"Indeed. Heaven and earth are about to change. Let us go, Prince of Wuling."

While Lady Xie made preparations for the changes to come, Su Che's incarnation, disguised as Liu Yidao, strolled slowly through the streets and alleys of Ci Prefecture.

Though war was looming overhead, this capital city of a prefecture still retained a peculiar flavor of mortal life.

Though it was already deep into the night, stalls selling mutton soup and stewed-meat noodles could still be seen at the end of the street. One small shop that sold wontons and egg pancakes smelled especially good, making Su Che pause.

He still held the bottle Lady Xie had given