Outside Heavenly Journey City.
Gu Lingxiao and his party headed north.
Apart from Li Yuanqi, Deputy Commander of the Xuan Prefecture Army, who claimed he felt unwell and needed rest.
The commanders of the other Three Garrisons all accompanied them.
Gu Lingxiao had already ordered the party leaving the city to divide into four groups.
He led one group, while the three commanders each led another.
As luck would have it, Gu Chenfeng and Zuo Yutang were both in Gu Lingxiao's group.
By now, Gu Lingxiao had changed into a dazzling suit of white-and-gold battle armor, with a long cloak draped over his shoulders and a sword at his waist, and rode a tall, powerful horse.
His appearance was already quite striking to begin with.
As he galloped along, he truly had something of the bearing of a great frontier general, an imperial god of war.
Gu Chenfeng secretly extended his Divine Sense, hoping to probe his father's cultivation.
Yet he discovered that the man seemed to possess some secret treasure that blocked his probing, which rather surprised him.
After leading everyone on a casual circuit around the Border Pass near Northern Plains Forest, Gu Lingxiao.
Pointed toward a hill near Northern Plains Forest.
"The ground is higher there. Let's go up and take a look!"
He then led everyone toward the small hill.
Upon reaching the Mountain Peak, he ordered the others to keep watch below, then casually pointed.
"You two, come up the mountain with me and take a look."
Gu Chenfeng and Zuo Yutang exchanged a glance.
The former had expected this, while the latter found it somewhat hard to believe.
Gu Lingxiao led the two of them all the way to the Mountain Summit and surveyed the surrounding terrain.
Then he suddenly looked toward a concealed