In the blink of an eye.
Nearly another half month had passed.
During this time, the Imperial Capital had been far from peaceful.
The Gu Lineage launched a counterattack against the Huangfu Lineage.
It was not merely the Imperial Capital's "crackdown on crime and vice" targeting the Huangfu Lineage's gray-market businesses.
At court, allies of the Gu Lineage's faction also began making trouble for the Huangfu Lineage's faction.
Two enormous power blocs struggled against each other.
For a time, they stirred up turbulent undercurrents throughout the Imperial Capital.
Even the Imperial Capital's business world had seen fierce fighting lately.
The Myriad Treasures House and the Exquisite Pavilion, two of the Imperial Capital's three great trading houses, had also been locked in a blazing struggle in recent days.
Faced with the Exquisite Pavilion's aggressive onslaught of late.
The Myriad Treasures House, battered by pressure after its chief alchemist's departure.
Had recently made a high-profile announcement of its newly hired exclusive alchemist.
And a batch of exceptional-quality second-grade pills they had refined, covering both Source Qi-type and mental categories.
These stirred up no small storm in the Imperial Capital's business world.
As a participant in these struggles.
And even a "central influence," Gu Chenfeng.
Had now left the Imperial Capital once again.
At the Imperial Capital's west gate.
A young man in gray and a man wearing a bamboo hat.
Rode out of the Imperial Capital on horseback, galloping toward Great Wilderness Ridge.
These two were none other than Gu Chenfeng and Ding Si, traveling secretly in light disguises.
Gu Chenfeng had been very busy over the past half month.
Besides working to improve his cultivation, he also had to refine large quantities of pills to supply the Myriad Treasures House in its struggle against the Exquisite Pavilion.
With the Enlightenment