"Are you sure that we will be safe? Do you know anything about this?" Zhiqing asked as she looked at Mingyu.

" Not entirely, but I know that we are safe," Mingyu replied.

" I'll trust you," Zhiqing muttered as she glanced at Mingyu and then at Long Chen. She somehow felt that it was related to Long Chen.

Amidst their conversation, their entourage entered the capital of Dongxin Kingdom. It was also a second rank kingdom but it was slightly stronger than the Huanji Kingdom. Dongxin even had the advantage as they were near a first rank kingdom.

As the team of Huanji Kingdom was pa.s.sing through the capital of Dongxin Kingdom, A few guards from Dongxin Kingdom blocked the road in front of them.

A Young Man who looked to be in his early twenties stood in front of the Dongxin Royal Guards as he gazed at the carriage. Near him stood a middle-aged man with a clean look. He had no beard and looked like he was in his early forties.

"Hmm? Why did we stop? " Zhiqing was still worrying but she noticed that the carriage stopped.

"I'll be right back," She said as she opened the door of the carriage and tried leaving but she realized that she was unable to leave the carriage. It was as if there was a barrier around the carriage. Whenever she tried leaving, the barrier would act up as she would get locked in her place. She tried for a while but she couldn't leave.

"There's a barrier around the carriage preventing me from leaning... Try checking your side if you can leave. " Zhiqing said with a grave look on her face.

" Alright..." Mingyu said as she opened the door on her side and tried leaving but even she found herself trapped. She couldn't leave.

"I can't leave now either," She said as she sat back on her spot.

" Looks like we are trapped... Why is everything so strange today? The weather inside the carriage... the barrier... will we really be safe inside? " Zhiqing asked as she frowned.

General Yao left his carriage and left Prince Estelin inside the carriage. He walked towards the guards blocking their path.

"Do you need anything from us? I believe our Huanji Kingdom never had any problems with your Dongxin Kingdom. Why are you blocking our path? Do you think we are easy to bully? " General Yao said loudly as he spread his Earth Realm Aura.

"Such a strong aura... There are only two Earth Realm Cultivators in Huanji Kingdom. I believe you must be the one they call General Yao. " Said a man in his early forties who stood beside the young man.

"Yes .. and who night you be? And why did you stop us" General Yao asked as he looked at the man. He acted as he felt an Earth Realm Aura from this man as well. He could feel that the man had a similar Cultivation than him

"I'm the royal tutor of Dongxin Kingdom. I apologize for stopping you but it was just that our crown Prince heard that the people from Huanji will be pa.s.sing through. He had always appreciated Princess Maia, so he wanted to greet her and talk with you about the possibility of traveling together as he will be leaving for Xuan as well" The Royal Tutor said as he looked at general Yao.

"I apologize but Princess Maia is not feeling well, so she can't meet you right now. As for leaving with us? I'm sorry but we are in a hurry and can't stop for you" General Yao said as he lightly shook his head.

" You won't need to wait. Everything is already prepared on our side. We were just about to leave when we heard about you people pa.s.sing through" The Royal tutor said with a wide grin on his face.

" Ahmm... I'll have to talk about this. Wait here" General Yao thought for a while before he said to them. He turned back and walked back towards the carriages.

He stopped in front of Princess Zhiqing's carriage as he knocked on the door. Zhiqing opened the door as soon as the knock was heard. Although she couldn't exit the carriage, she could easily interact with people from the outside.

"Princess, The crown Prince of Dongxin stopped our carriages. He said that he wanted to travel with us and that they are ready to leave. Should we allow them to travel with us? " General Yao asked as he gazed at Zhiqing.

Zhiqing had a weird expression on her face as she noticed that although she could see General Yao, she couldn't hear a single word he was saying.

'Is the barrier blocking even the sounds from entering and exiting? What should I do? Should I try telling him? ' She thought with a grave expression on her face.

She shook her head as she gave up on this thought as she a.s.sumed that any action general Yao takes might interrupt Long Chen's comprehension.

"So you don't agree as well. I think that's a wrong move too, as although there aren't any ill feelings between us, it's not too safe traveling with them. I have a suggestion... How about we agree to travel with them not instead of mixing our teams, we will have their team lead on the journey while our team follows close behind? It will be much safer and won't make us look hostile to them" General Yao took Zhiqing's shaking her head as her disapproval, this he suggested his idea with a smile on his face.

Zhiqing noticed General Yao saying something else. Although she couldn't hear his words, she noticed the smile on his face.

She trusted general Yao and his facial expression didn't make it seem like he was talking about something negative, thus she nodded her head silently.

"Alright, I'll go inform them," General Yao said as he closed the doors of the carriage. He walked back towards the young man blocking their path.