Hu Xiaotian arrived at Azure Cloud Manor. Worried about stirring the grass and startling the snake, he avoided the main entrance and circled around to a deserted spot behind the manor. He dismounted, then lifted Xue Lingjun down. Seeing that her beautiful eyes remained tightly shut, he could not help feeling some regret. That punch had apparently been too heavy; she still had not regained consciousness.
Hu Xiaotian hoisted Xue Lingjun onto his back and tied her securely in place. This Eldest Princess was truly a nuisance. He had wanted to find somewhere to hide her, but what if she woke up, or some man happened to pick her up? Wouldn't that hand someone a tremendous windfall for nothing? Worried that she might wake and make a noise, alerting others too soon, he tore off a piece of his sleeve and stuffed it into her mouth. Seeing the blood at the corner of her lips, he finally remembered that it was his own-Xue Lingjun had bitten through the skin of his neck earlier.
Hu Xiaotian patted Little Gray's rump, signaling for the horse to graze nearby, then sprang into the air and cleared the courtyard wall with ease. With his current martial arts prowess, a wall a little over ten feet high was no obstacle at all. Azure Cloud Manor was much larger than he had imagined, with six successive courtyards and numerous servants and maidservants inside. It rivaled even his residence in Capital City.
Hu Xiaotian sighed inwardly. It seemed being a mountain bandit was a profession with quite a future. Heavenly Wolf Mountain had accumulated considerable wealth over the years; even its base in Western Prefecture was on this scale.
Azure Cloud Manor was so large, and Hu Xiaotian had to keep dodging passing servants, that he wandered