The Truth Behind Hatred
Everyone awoke early the next morning, ate breakfast, and headed out under the watchful eyes of Yu Chenguang and his two wives.
Because Long Pass was so narrow, they were unable to take their carriage and had to walk. Hou Jingshu and Zhou Lihua were at least afforded horses. Yu Mao was allowed to ride with the princess, though that was because she had complained about walking. Wu Jian walked alongside the two horses while Yu Chenguang, Li Hua, and Liu Heifeng walked in a formation with Yu Chenguang taking point.
They weren’t the only group traveling through this pass. At least several dozen other groups were walking alongside them. Every one of them belonged to a sect. Some had as few as three people and other groups contained as many as twenty. It was easy to tell which groups belonged to a sect, which belonged to a clan, and how powerful they were based on both numbers and the average cultivation base of their members.