Upon hearing Mu Yunyao's words and watching the five Dragon Guards enter, Mofeng shifted his bottom away from Mu Yunyao's little face. He rose to his feet alongside her, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the dust-covered little girl, and cast an awkward glance at the five Dragon Guards who had just stepped into the Dragon Clan Ancestral Hall.
The initial shock of the five guards had stemmed from their utter bewilderment as to how their little princess and this strange little boy had managed to enter the heavily guarded Dragon Clan Forbidden Land without making a sound. But moments later, as they regained their wits and prepared to strike down the boy who had been sitting right on their little princess's face, they heard the little princess greet him and speak to him with familiarity. That single exchange made the five guards realize that the boy named Mofeng must surely know their little princess.
That was why they had held their fire.
Chapter 68