The moon shone bright among sparse stars over the mountains near Crouching Dragon Cave.
Ye Jingtang hid in the shrubs, observing the natural cave entrance, over a hundred feet high, in the mountain hollow through the Telescope, while Pei Xiangjun and Luo Ning kept watch over their surroundings.
After learning Prince Wu's approximate hiding place yesterday afternoon, Ye Jingtang had raced back to Baisu Town through the night without stopping and found the two thousand light cavalry stationed there.
Faced with the great merit of capturing Prince Wu, the officer commanding the troops had not even let him take out his "As If I Were Present in Person" token to show off before breaking camp and charging over to encircle and eliminate him.
However, Prince Wu was hiding deep in the mountains and forests. No matter how quickly a large force marched, it could not arrive in an instant, so he had to act as a scout, coming ahead to watch the area and prevent Prince Wu from escaping again.
Prince Wu was clearly well informed too. Shortly after Ye Jingtang arrived, countless figures appeared inside the previously deserted Crouching Dragon Cave.
Then over four hundred personal soldiers and servants emerged, carrying chests of jewels, medicinal ingredients, and documents. Prince Wu, wearing a Python Robe, was among them.
Behind them were over a hundred prisoners bound with iron chains, moving quickly deeper into the Wu Mountains by moonlight.
Ye Jingtang carefully searched the procession through the Telescope. After looking for some time, he found no trace of top experts such as Bai Siming and Guan Yujia. Only after Prince Wu's procession had traveled several li into the mountains did another group emerge from the limestone cave.
There were a dozen or so of them, all apparently experts, led by Bai