Dusk spread vast and dim.
Yet Waning County, where undercurrents churned, remained peaceful.
All because Waning County had such a commander, fierce in both conduct and strength. Even outsiders who came here had no desire to cross blades with Waning County's commander.
Thus, much of the swindling, coercion, and plunder had, under watchful care, peacefully turned into deals both sides were willing to make.
A black-robed young man stood outside the gates of a courtyard.
A man and a woman had hurried over with him.
The man was burly as a bear.
The woman was graceful and strikingly beautiful.
"Is this the place?" The young man stared at the small courtyard.
He said coldly, "That snake demon fled for so long, then plunged headfirst into the Land of Divine Prohibition, making us search high and low. She was quite capable, all right—coming all the way from beyond the passes to the capital, the most formidable place there was."
"Unfortunately, she still could not escape my tracking."
"Long Qi, what are you waiting for? Let's smash this place open and drag her out!" The bear-like iron man cursed.
"She has already left."
The black-robed young man called Long Qi looked grim.
"What?!"
Xiong Sheng flew into a rage and roared, "She has been running for so long that she must have already digested the Dragon Spirit Sacred Medicine. If we fail to catch up to her, we will not even get a sip of the broth! That damned bitch—if I catch her, I'll make her wish she were dead!"
Long Qi raised a hand. "Calm down."
"Without a master alchemist of supreme skill to refine the Dragon Spirit Sacred Medicine into pills, swallowing it whole will only ruin one's organs."
"Didn't you hear Brother Long?" The woman flicked the bell around