The Snake race territory wasn’t that close to the Fiend King Court. However, if it were just Yu Yanluo alone, setting out a bit later wouldn’t pose too much of an issue either. Taking Zu An’s time frame into consideration, however, Yu Yanluo still considerately decided to set out earlier.

As they were leaving, Little White and Little Blue saw them off with teary eyes. They really wanted to go along too, but their grandfathers strictly forbade them from joining. To put it nicely, the two girls had been pampered since childhood. They had no idea how to attend to others and would only become a burden for the clan leader.

In truth, however, that was clearly just an excuse.  The Fiend Emperor had summoned the leaders of every clan, and he clearly had no good intentions. It was hard to say whether those leaders would make it out of the Fiend King Court alive, and even if they did, they might be arrested and taken as hostages. The two elders didn’t want to put their grandchildren at risk.

Yu Yanluo was fully...