Fallen Leaf City was turning out to be a very uncanny location. With the spirit vein beneath the location, it should’ve been under Dark Orchid’s direct control and a military outpost established here.

Yet strangely enough, sects ruled the city and the royal family sent only a figurehead of a city lord. Lu Yun should’ve realized something was amiss a long time ago. He frowned as he thought of the leaders of the Black Tortoises and Azure Dragons. These people were eccentric and their moods unpredictable. It was better to stay out of their way if possible. They must have their own goals in mind to be residing here—it might have to do with the massive formation of illusion in the forbidden zone.

Lu Yun didn’t look back when he left with Long Aotian. The Fallen Leaf Range could be found to the north of Fallen Leaf Mountain. It led to the Great Yellow Range and a few other small cities in the vicinity apart from Fallen Leaf.

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