Chapter 211 Book 5 Border Situation 2
The sky was still cloaked in velvet blue when Gu Li An quietly slipped out of Rinxian Town.
She left no trace—no sound of footsteps, no flutter of her cloak in the wind. Even the patrols who passed near the outer edge of town didn't notice her presence. A soft gust of morning breeze carried the faint scent of dew and wild grass, masking her trail as she melded into the dense foliage of the forest. At eighteen, Gu Li An was no longer the ignorant child once hidden in the cold palace. Her light steps carried the calm of ritual, the grace of calligraphy, the silence of poetry, and the sharp awareness of a master strategist.
She had to see it with her own eyes.
