On an unnamed path at the border of Nanlin Road and Mozhou Road, before the sky had brightened, a convoy of nearly a hundred people hurried anxiously toward Mozhou Road.
"WAAAH..."
A baby's cry suddenly rang out, only to be abruptly silenced. In a small ox-cart near the middle of the convoy, a woman nervously pressed a hand over her infant's mouth. An elderly guard beside her walked over, channeled a wisp of Spiritual Qi into the baby to make it fall asleep, and gestured for the woman to let go.
The woman carefully released her hand. Looking at the child now fast asleep in her arms, she let out a sigh of relief.
Just then, a commotion erupted from the front of the convoy, startling both the woman and the elderly guard beside her. Then, they saw a green signal flare shoot into the sky somewhere ahead of them.
