Li Yaoxuan turned and walked towards the military formation, decisively, without looking back.
Due to the death of the State Preceptor Ran Jianli, this delicate moment was not suitable for completely tearing off the facade. In the short term, the Imperial Chancellor needed to unite closely on the surface to resist the Sects, but from the moment Xu Yinhè refused Li Yaoxuan, the breach within was already formed.
Walking slowly on the rain-dampened grass, Li Yaoxuan proceeded, and on the horizon ahead lay the imposing military formation, ready for battle.
At nearly a hundred years old, with his life nearing its end, Li Yaoxuan's way of seeing many things had already shifted from the naïveté of youth to clarity, yet despite much contemplation, he had not anticipated that the two factions of the Imperial Chancellor would ultimately collapse and break over the issue of succession.
