Chapter 219:
The steady rumble of wheels carried from outside the carriage.
Lin Xiaoliu nestled in her mother Liu Shenglan's arms, half-listening as she recounted the history of Tuyue. She couldn't quite focus, though. Her attention kept drifting to the two figures sitting cross-legged across from them.
One was her older sister, Liu Xiao, who had just come rushing from the Inner City—sent by their eldest brother to escort the family convoy during the evacuation.
The other was Xia Si, eyes tightly shut in cultivation.
Xia Si had only recently joined the Rain Palace. Theoretically, she should have remained in the Inner City. Yet the moment she sensed something was wrong, she had made straight for him without a second thought.
"With you here, the evacuation will be much easier," Liu Xiao said softly.
"The real question is where we're evacuating to. At a time like this, nowhere is truly safe," Xia Si replied with a faint smile.
"Nowhere in particular. Eldest Brother's idea is to find a place in the Mist Zone to lie low and return once the fighting in the Inner City ends. Tuyue can't actually fall—it's merely a question of how much collateral damage there will be," Liu Xiao answered.
"You're that confident?" Xia Si asked, surprised.