Li Huowang stood atop Shang Jing City's eastern gate, staring blankly at everything below.
Though the world had been tainted by baleful intent, common folk still had to live their lives. At most, there were more desperadoes and more quarrels in daily life.
"Are you selling it for fifty wen or not?! If not, I'll chop you up!"
"You little bastard! See this? This is your grandpa's neck! If you've got the guts, chop here! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?!"
"You dare shortchange me by weight?! How many liang did you cheat me out of?! I'll carve that much flesh off your body!"
Watching the people of Shang Jing City live their lives, watching those faces, Li Huowang suddenly felt that everything was impossibly far away.
Then Li Huowang suddenly spotted something. His pupils shrank to pinpoints, and with a stomp of both feet, he dashed across the moss-covered roof tiles.
His body flashed through layer upon layer of lotus White Banners, and Li Huowang arrived before Bai Lingmiao, who sat cross-legged atop a Lotus Throne.
Seeing Bai Lingmiao whole and unharmed before him, Li Huowang could no longer restrain his emotions. He rushed forward and locked her tightly in his embrace.
Feeling the gazes around them, irritation and shyness immediately appeared on both of Bai Lingmiao's faces. "What are you doing?! Look at the occasion!"
With a simultaneous wave of all four hands, their bodies instantly vanished from the Lotus Throne.
When Li Huowang came back to his senses, he found himself in a Maiden's Chamber filled with a faint fragrance.
He released Bai Lingmiao and carefully examined the girl before him, watching the Killing Intent that kept spilling from her four eyes.
"You've been tainted by baleful intent?" Li Huowang froze, then immediately added, "It's