Soon after Zhou Mo and his companions arrived in Capital City, they heard that Hu Xiaotian had volunteered to enter the palace and atone for his father's crimes to save the Hu Family. Although they were eager to find him, the palace was heavily guarded, hardly somewhere they could enter at will, so they thought of Murong Feiyan. After asking around, they found her residence. Zhou Mo had chosen to climb over the wall because he did not want to attract attention, but he had never expected Hu Xiaotian to follow him in almost on his heels. At first, Hu Xiaotian's movements startled him. As far as he remembered, Hu Xiaotian knew no martial arts, yet the few moves he had just displayed showed considerable grounding. Zhou Mo simply could not believe anyone could improve so rapidly in such a short time, unless he had taken some miraculous elixir-or had concealed his abilities from the very beginning.
The two sworn brothers were delighted to see each other and had so much to say that the matter of martial arts seemed hardly worth mentioning. When Hu Xiaotian heard that Zhou Mo had come with the rest of their brothers, he exclaimed in delighted surprise, "Did Second Brother come too?"
Zhou Mo nodded. "He did! We're all staying at the Jinghong Inn in Capital City for now. His eyesight makes things inconvenient, and too many people coming and going would only attract attention, so I came alone."
Just then, a horse neighed outside the gate. Hu Xiaotian and Zhou Mo exchanged a glance and peered out through the gap. A youth had appeared outside-it was Gao Yuan. His arrival had startled the gray horse tethered by the entrance, making it neigh.
Gao Yuan looked at the ugly horse with some curiosity. At