After leaving the Myriad Sects War Hall, the group wandered through Beacon Ruins. Following the route Silver Dust had given him, Li Tianming played his way along.
Every now and then, he bought little trinkets from roadside shops, a faint smile on his face. He truly looked as though he were in the mood to sightsee.
As for Wan Yao and the others, after finding it strange at first, they gradually settled into Li Tianming's rhythm as well.
Before long, Li Tianming had wound his way through a full circuit of the city when Silver Dust suddenly spoke from the Companion Space:
"It's close. Right near you!"
Li Tianming was standing before a stall selling treasure ores and jade hairpins, holding up a jade hairpin decorated with a butterfly to examine it.
The item was not particularly valuable, so the shopkeeper paid it no mind.
"Look ahead, to the left," Silver Dust spoke again.
Li Tianming glanced over from the corner of his eye and immediately spotted someone with short green hair and green robes.
They were slightly slimmer than Li Tianming, but moved with remarkable briskness. They looked like a delicate-featured young man; while their features were not especially striking, they were by no means unattractive.
While Li Tianming secretly observed them, they seemed to notice Li Tianming's group first. Their gaze was completely undisguised, instantly lighting up.
The person flicked their long sleeve and charged straight toward Li Tianming and the others, their eyes brimming with delight.
Whoosh!
They moved so quickly that they even kicked up a gust of wind.
"Have we been targeted?" Wan Yao's eyes narrowed at the sight.
Xiang Qin took half a step back, shielding Li Tianming in front of her. "Destiny Bro, this person seems to be coming for us. Do you