Their vigilance was too high; the moment Lixiang closed the distance slightly, he was instantly discovered.
Lixiang slowly stepped out, glanced at the two of them, and then looked toward the left. "Your stealth is useless," he said. "Look at the leaves on the ground—you've trampled them all into footprints."
The forest floor was covered everywhere in rotting leaves. Unless one mastered the legendary ability to walk across snow without leaving a trace, no amount of stealth would do any good.
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