Outside the Imperial City, hundreds of men were racing toward it, led by Xie Xinzhi, the young lord of Maple Leaf City, his face full of anxiety.
Behind him were a hundred martial artists who had just become Innate Grandmasters, and he too had taken a pill and become an Innate Grandmaster.
With a force like this, he could rescue his fiancée from the Imperial City!
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the pills Ouyang had given him, Xie Xinzhi had ignored Xie Chongyang's objections and headed for the Imperial City with the hundred newly advanced Innate Grandmasters, all to rescue his fiancée.
Xuan'er... wait for me... Xie Xinzhi was frantic. Every minute he delayed meant another measure of suffering for his fiancée. Heaven only knew what inhuman torment she was enduring!
Just as Xie Xinzhi hurried along with his head down, a streak of light invisible to mortals plunged straight into his forehead.
Xie Xinzhi felt his head sink, followed by a wave of top-heavy dizziness, and then he lost consciousness.
Seeing something was wrong, his subordinates behind him immediately caught him.
When Xie Xinzhi raised his head again, he stopped and lifted a hand to halt the martial artists behind him.
"Young Master! What's wrong?" one subordinate asked in confusion.
"Back to Maple Leaf City!" Xie Xinzhi's tone had become somewhat strange, and he gave an order none of them had anticipated.
"But, Young Master! We're almost at the Imperial City," the bewildered subordinate asked uncertainly.
Xie Xinzhi shook his head and sighed. "I've thought it through. I can't use your lives to satisfy my own personal feelings! We'll return to Maple Leaf City and raise an army!"
Hearing Xie Xinzhi's words, the subordinates behind him immediately felt that their Young Master truly could distinguish right