The imperial palace of the Sun Moon Empire.
Ju Zi folded her wings and landed a thousand meters from the palace. After all, flight was prohibited over Mingdu, especially in the city center. The patrolling soul engineer guards had also intercepted her in midair and ordered her to land immediately.
"Restricted grounds of the Imperial City. Halt!" The captain of the soul engineer guards stepped forward, looked Ju Zi over, and spoke coldly.
Ju Zi's face was frosty as she took a token from inside her clothes. It was dark gold throughout, engraved with a fire dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
At the sight of the token, the soldiers of the soul engineer guard immediately dropped to their knees and bowed respectfully to Ju Zi. Yet their captain wore a rather strange expression. "The token's provenance is questionable," he said coldly. "Guards, seize her!"
Ju Zi froze for a moment. This Eight-Clawed Fire Dragon Token held enormous symbolic significance and granted unrestricted passage through the palace. Yet the captain before her dared to block her. Who had given him such nerve?
But she quickly realized the answer. Who besides the Imperial Family's notorious madman, the Third Prince, Xu Tianyu, would do such a thing?!
Huo Yuhao was in grave danger, however. She knew the Royal Inspection Team's methods all too well. Even if he had only been in their custody for a short while, he probably could no longer hope to come out in one piece.
"Do you have any idea what the consequences of this will be?!" Ju Zi stared at the captain and demanded coldly.
The captain merely gave a chilling sneer and said, enunciating every word, "I know what you're trying to do, but..."
Before he could finish, a fierce whistling suddenly sounded behind