Underground Stealth provided safety yet inevitably some awkwardness. Especially with all sorts of Ghost things underground, it was indeed too much for Qing Yu, who possessed exceptional eyesight, to bear witness.
However, compared to the safety of his life, this awkwardness was trivial. The Phoenix Cry that Feng Guanyu unleashed at last, although filtered by the Circulation Eight Extremes Formation, still reached the outside world.
There were countless masters within the Imperial Palace, and Qing Yu was not so arrogant as to believe he could safely extricate himself amidst the encirclement of these masters.
So, it was best to play it safe. Better to be a bit disheveled if it meant being secure.
And then...
Qing Yu was saved.
After he slipped underground, a figure swooped across the sky, enveloping the entire Eastern Palace with an eerily cold and oppressive presence.
"Who dares to be presumptuous in the Imperial Palace!"
