Within the Sun Moon Empire, four figures were flying swiftly toward the Mingdou Mountains.
They were Huo Yuhao and his three companions, traveling with Flying Soul Tools.
The Body Sect and Shrek had chosen to leave the Sun Moon Empire through Tianhun, while they had chosen the Star Luo route.
Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had voluntarily split from the group, and their safety had already been considered.
In fact, scattered individuals could leave the Sun Moon Empire safely more easily than Shrek's large contingent.
Even though the two empires were openly enemies, with constant minor clashes along their border, trade between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire had never ceased, whether private or official.
Caravans traveled through the Mingdou Mountains almost every week. Most of the trade, however, consisted of the Sun Moon Empire shipping mineral ores and advanced Soul Tools from the Illustrious Virtue Hall to Star Luo, while Star Luo sold only some precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures to the Sun Moon Empire.
Crossing the Mingdou Mountains naturally required the protection of powerful Soul Masters, not only against the soul beasts in the mountains, but also against bandits that might be lurking there.
Unlike official caravans, which could arrange direct coordination between the Star Luo Empire Army and the Sun Moon Border Defense Army, private caravans could only hire Soul Masters to protect them.
Even without Huo Yuhao's Simulation, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu could have joined a private caravan and safely left the Sun Moon Empire for Star Luo.
Beyond the caravans, Star Luo and Tianhun also sent quite a few immigrants into the Sun Moon Empire. The Mingdou Mountains were so vast that the Sun Moon Empire could not possibly watch every stretch of them.
Even when Sun Moon caught them,