Dawn was just breaking, and the air was filled with a faint, refreshing chill. I stepped out of the Palace of the Buddha's Skull Relic, faced the rising sun, and stretched lazily to shake off the lingering fatigue.
After all the chaos Zhu Lei had stirred up, I needed to redeploy quite a few things.
I drafted a long message and sent it to Zhao Zijiao. Then, I tried contacting the various small teams that had been harassing Fang Erquan, beginning to coordinate and assign tasks. Sneaking quietly near Fang Erquan's camp, I lay prone on a hilltop, covered myself with a bit of white snow, and silently waited for the right moment.
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