"Hey! Could they have taken the money and run away?"
"There's only one entrance to the Imperial Palace; they shouldn't have run off elsewhere."
"Then why haven't they come out yet? Could it be that they already know we're lying in wait here?"
"Only two people entered the Emperor's Palace, without anyone telling them, how could they know?"
"True! Ugh, it's frustrating not knowing if we'll get any meat."
...
The cultivators waiting near the city gate were very impatient, in an extremely foul mood, unsure if what they were doing was right.
Meanwhile, inside the Emperor's Palace, Mu Xueqing, who had been sitting in the Great Dou Crown devoutly cultivating, suddenly opened her eyes.
Although she had been devoutly cultivating, she had never forgotten the passage of time.
Counting the time, today was the last day before the small world's reopening; in just over twenty hours, she could leave here. If she missed the opportunity, she might be trapped here forever.
