The meeting hall wasn't large, but the guards surrounding it were far more stringent than those in any other palace within the Imperial City. As the group exited, they made their way toward North Mountain. The path ahead was indistinct, the only option was to proceed along a narrow corridor, flanked by towering palace walls. Each road's end presented pathways leading elsewhere, winding as if through endless bends and turns.
Fearing Beiting Huang might lose her way, Yan Ye patiently explained, "Starting from the Nine Spirits Hall, this place is surrounded by a formation pattern, you don't need to memorize it, the Great Elder and the ones in charge of the Imperial City's guards know the way!"
"Hmm!" Beiting Huang murmured in acknowledgment, and the Great Elder, seemingly wanting to prove his own knowledge of the route, took the initiative to lead the way.