"All right, go back. I'm leaving!" Huang Xiao said, gently patting You Lian'er's small hand.
"I'll watch you from here," You Lian'er said, shaking her head.
Huang Xiao did not insist. Then he sighed. "Five years."
With that, Huang Xiao sped off into the distance, vanishing from You Lian'er's sight in an instant. All that remained before her was the boundless snow.
"Miss, the Sect Master has already gone," the maid beside You Lian'er said softly after quite a while.
Only then did You Lian'er withdraw her gaze and turn around. "Let's go back!"
After leaving the Heavenly Demon Sect, Huang Xiao headed east toward Xiping Prefecture.
This trip to Xiping Prefecture would not delay him much. The Heavenly Mountain Pavilion was also within Xiazhou's territory, so it was only a slight detour.
Along the way, Huang Xiao encountered all sorts of people. Most belonged to the various Uyghur tribes, while among the others were quite a few fair-haired, blue-eyed merchants from the Western Regions.
Apart from those, people from Tubo and Xiazhou were the most numerous, followed by the Khitan. People from Great Song, on the other hand, were almost nowhere to be seen.
That was only natural, since Li Jiqian stood between Great Song and the Uyghurs, so people from Great Song generally did not care to come here, even though Li Jiqian had signed a series of agreements for peaceful coexistence with Great Song over the past few years and no longer launched raids.
"Hmm?" Huang Xiao's ears suddenly twitched. He had heard sounds of fighting nearby. Looking toward them, he saw one group retreating rapidly while another pursued relentlessly.
"People from Tubo?" Huang Xiao recognized the pursuers by their clothing. The fleeing group was not dressed like the Uyghur tribes, so they were probably men from