The next day, Kahn performed Spirit Projection under Azula's watch. East, South, West, and North also transformed into Four Directions in spirit form and carried Kahn straight out of the courtyard, flying openly out of the Imperial Capital without anyone noticing.
Unbound by physical laws in spirit form, Four Directions was like a fish in water, streaking across the horizon like a golden meteor as he flew toward their destination.
"Uncle Iroh, are you saying Kahn will bring his Deity friend to pick me up?"
Zuko sounded half-convinced:
"It just sounds a little unreliable."
Although he knew Iroh and Kahn had stayed in touch in the Spirit World all these years, and he sometimes passed messages back and forth with Kahn through Iroh, which had taught him quite a bit about concepts such as Spirits, the Spirit World, and Deities.
But knowing about them was as far as it went. After all, he could not see souls, could not enter the Spirit World, and had never seen a Deity.
Everything he knew about all this had come from Iroh.
In fact, at first, he had thought Iroh had contracted some serious illness that made him hallucinate, leaving him worried for a long time.
"This time, you'll have a chance to see one, and even have close contact with a Deity. How others would envy you."
Iroh chuckled as he spoke:
"But remember, when facing a Deity-"
"Be respectful and friendly. I really do remember, so please stop repeating it."
Looking helpless, Zuko hurriedly filled Iroh's teacup to get him to stop talking.
They were sitting by a window on the second floor of a small-town teahouse. From there, they could easily watch the pedestrians on the street and keep an eye out for the troops pursuing them.
Both had disguised