The biting northern gale whipped up flurries of snow, violently lashing at the newly erected "Marquis Suppressing the North" banner fluttering atop the city walls of Shuofeng Prefecture. It made a cracking, roaring sound, like the heavy, labored breathing of this ancient land.
A dark, mysterious carriage rolled over the uncleared snow, leaving two deep ruts on the main road leading to the Prefecture Governor's Estate.
Inside the carriage, Qin Lie sat with his eyes closed. The gold thread on his python-patterned robe cast a cold, hard glimmer in the dim light. The Ancient Bronze Mirror slowly floated and sank within his Sea of Consciousness. The mirror's surface occasionally swept past a trace of an imperceptible, clear radiance, reflecting the faces flashing past the carriage window—some filled with awe, some numb, and others harboring hidden hostility.
Chapter 308