Avoiding the heavily guarded front gates just as before, he slipped into the shadows along the perimeter wall.
With a silent flick of his mind, he activated the Phantom Void Mirage Step.
His presence dissolved into the ambient spiritual frequencies of the environment.
Becoming as weightless and undetectable as a passing breeze, he coiled the power in his legs and leaped upward.
He bounced flawlessly from one upturned dragon eave to the next, ascending the face of the grand structure floor by floor.
Slipped expertly through the blind spots of the defensive arrays, he dropped lightly onto the broad, secluded balcony of the highest tier and stepped smoothly through the large lattice windows into the private study.
Inside, the chaotic mess of parchment and dried herbs remained untouched, but the atmosphere was entirely different.
Bai Ruolan was hovering over her desk, a manic, deeply focused light burning in her brilliant blue eyes.
