Chen Ping'an planned to visit the capital of Cloud Rock Country. He first sent a flying sword message to Zhong Qiu, roughly describing how he had found Qingrang and the others, along with the outcome. He asked Zhong Qiu to pass word to the temporarily assembled Patriarch Hall: Great Sword Immortal Mi had personally taken action. Unfortunately, he had caught only two accomplices, while the Talisman Cultivator who was the true culprit had escaped. Still, that Savage Demon Race member was surely no longer capable of stirring up trouble, and the dozens of countries along the great river could resume excavation without worry.
The fierce-looking man with a face white as paper and his mistress had no idea what they were thinking. After conferring, they hurried from the ruined temple and found Chen Ping'an at the foot of the mountain. They said that husband and wife were willing to serve the immortal lord like horses before his carriage and maids at his side. Chen Ping'an could not help laughing. He said he was used to traveling north and south alone and did not like being waited upon. They had found the wrong person and would be better off seeking another patron. Perhaps because this immortal master, who had casually turned three demonic men and women into Cataclysm Ash, seemed fairly easygoing, they became even more resolute. On the mountain road, they kowtowed and begged. One wailed dryly, while the other wept with pear blossoms drenched by rain, recounting all the hardships and bitterness of recent years. But when they raised their heads, the scholar had already vanished. Still unwilling to give up, they finally spotted the immortal master again at dawn, cooking with a borrowed stove inside an abandoned post station. The man was called Fan Tong, while the female