Many geniuses on the Lingyun List brought followers. Few were alone like Xu Yang and Sun Tao; some even brought their wives and concubines.
Beside Huo Xiaochen walked a woman of outstanding temperament and looks. Xu Yang had heard people say she was the woman the Xiao family had married to Huo Xiaochen.
The group followed a few senior students of the Celestial Strategy Academy inward. The deeper they went, the more Xu Yang noticed that the Spiritual Qi was becoming increasingly abundant.
After walking for a while, a cluster of houses soon appeared in their line of sight. The Spiritual Qi here was even richer, and fields of medicinal herbs and flower beds could be seen everywhere. These houses were exquisite. In the distance, palaces and tall towers could be faintly seen scattered like stars, all inscribed with mysterious runes.
