Competing in flight speed was unlike competing in anything else. For those already evenly matched, even the slightest extra burden could determine victory or defeat. Yet Yun Peng had already seen that Wei Chunqiu, once his equal in speed, had fallen behind and was no match for him at all. Even with an extra person on his back, Wei Chunqiu's chances of winning were slim.
Both were descendants of ancient ferocious beasts, immortal beasts at the early Immortal Emperor level who had not become human mounts. Both excelled at speed, making them a rare sight throughout the Immortal Realm. Though they had always vied against one another, they secretly cherished each other as kindred spirits, bound by the same fate. More than once, they had disregarded their own safety to help the other out of peril.
Wei Chunqiu's sudden disappearance a hundred years ago had led Yun Peng to search nearly the entire Immortal Realm. He had searched bitterly for over a century without finding even a trace of Wei Chunqiu. In the end, he suspected that Wei Chunqiu had met with disaster; after all, battles of life and death were commonplace in the Immortal Realm.
Unexpectedly, while he was meditating atop a perilous peak of White Cloud Mountain, he suddenly spotted an enormous bat carrying someone. Who else could it be but Wei Chunqiu? At first, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. But when he saw the other deliberately skirt around White Cloud Mountain, Yun Peng immediately knew that this giant bat was Wei Chunqiu, who had vanished without a trace ten thousand years ago. He promptly gave chase and found that it really was the bastard.
Thus, after many years apart, the two said nothing upon meeting and immediately held a race.
**"Why wouldn't I