Outside the Commandery Princess's Manor.
Yang Dabiao and the others stood ready to depart, waiting outside the mutton soup shop, while Coal Ball squatted nearby begging for alms.
When Linghu Qingmo learned that Xie Jinhuan was going to Capital City, he could hardly sit still. He abandoned his close female friend, packed his things early, and waited with the group.
Lin Wanyi waited alone in the courtyard, carefully wiping down the tables, chairs, and stools, occasionally glancing outside to see whether Xie Jinhuan had returned.
After she had waited for who knew how long, a figure vaulted over the wall and landed on the main house's roof, holding a garment.
Whoosh~
Lin Wanyi hurried forward. Seeing the waist token in Xie Jinhuan's hand, she looked surprised.
"The Pill King gave you an official post? What position?"
Xie Jinhuan set the clothes on the table.
"Halberd Bearer of the Marriage Affairs Office. Specifically assigned to protect the Commandery Princess."
Lin Wanyi picked up the token and examined it, frowning.
"Her Highness is so skilled in martial arts. Does she need your protection? The Pill King is trying to recruit a son-in-law. With this token, you could go to the Dan King Pavilion to read the Martial Dao Divine Canon, and nobody would stop you..."
Xie Jinhuan sat down in a chair and shook his head with a sigh.
"I just asked about the Martial Dao Divine Canon..."
"Well? Did he give it to you?"
"He did, but..."
Xie Jinhuan explained in detail that it contained only the first level, that anyone without first-grade strength could neither understand nor learn it, and that it could not even be transcribed.
Ever since joining Missing Moon Manor, Lin Wanyi had spent years worrying over the Martial Dao Divine Canon. Hearing this disastrous news out