Although Wang Chong styled himself the Prince of Yan, he had little affection for Yanzhou. He passed straight through Yanzhou and Ba Prefecture without stopping, but had no choice but to stop in Tongzhou. After all, Yuzao was there.
Although the Way of the Yellow Heaven revered Yuzao as its Holy Maiden, she had not gone to attend the Yellow Heaven Assembly. After all, she administered the affairs of an entire prefecture, as well as all the gang members across the nineteen prefectures Wang Chong occupied, now collectively called the Way of the Yellow Heaven. In modern times, Yuzao would have been a bona fide queen of the underworld, an underground empress whose power reached the heavens.
Very few holy maidens or holy mothers of other sects held real power, but Yuzao controlled almost eighty or ninety percent of the Way of the Yellow Heaven's strength. Apart from Wang Chong, no one within it wielded more power than she did.
Su Luoyan had not seen Yuzao in a long time either. Although they exchanged letters frequently, they had not actually met since Su Luoyan left with Wang Chong, over a year ago now.
When Yuzao heard that Wang Chong had brought Su Luoyan, she hurriedly assembled a ceremonial procession and welcomed them outside the city.
Wang Chong thought little of it, but Su Luoyan felt a faint stir of emotion. That little maid with the alluring features, captivating glances, enchanting movements, and foxlike eyes still looked the same, yet her bearing was utterly different. A natural grace and grandeur surrounded her; her gestures seemed to hold up towering mountains, and she carried the proud poise of a phoenix. With countless troops and martial-world figures attending her, she was the very image of a little Empress.
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