The man in black noticed Yan Xiao'er staring blankly and, sensing her silence, pulled his mask back up and turned to continue driving the carriage.
Yan Xiao'er retreated into the carriage, lost in thought. Could the coachman be a personal guard from the Yu Mansion? If they were blood relatives, a family resemblance was certainly possible. It was likely that Brother Changqing had sent this carriage for her.
Her anxiety to find her parents eclipsed everything else; all other concerns were pushed to the back of her mind. The Yan family was not skilled in martial arts, nor were they of the Lingshi Clan, so they had never ventured near the Lingxu Sea. However, she remembered her parents pointing toward the southeast during their childhood outings, telling her that the Lingxu Sea lay just beyond the southern side of the Mohai Chasm—a place that had once been the territory of the Xu Kingdom.
Chapter 27