Whether or not his cover would hold, Old Jiang had achieved his goal—no one could have imagined that he would secretly bring the Lord of Jiuli into the Hou Yi Tribe before the great battle this way, and even arrange a meeting with Chang'e.
As for how great a storm the confused Li Tan would stir up in the Hou Yi Tribe next, Jiang Qiyun had no intention of simulating it.
"Let's go," he whispered to Tian Peng.
"Go?" Tian Peng looked briefly startled, but soon seemed to realize something and nodded.
With his memories in disarray, Li Tan was a ticking time bomb. No one knew when he might come to his senses... once he did and became the Lord of Jiuli again, his first order of business would probably be to obliterate these two sworn allies.
Besides, Jiang Qiyun was certain of one thing: only by staying away from the epicenter of history spiraling out of control could he minimize his chances of encountering the Time Realm Lord.
The Time Realm Lord would simply obliterate anyone who disrupted history—since it had not appeared yet, did that mean things were still following history's course for now?
Who the hell knew?
As the butterfly stirring up history, Old Jiang grew increasingly unsure of himself. The source of that uncertainty was his inability to clearly grasp where the larger currents were heading.
"But since we're here, before we leave..." Jiang Qiyun mused. "There's somewhere I'd like to go."
"Brother Bupo, where do you want to go?" Tian Peng asked quietly.
"It's actually here in the Hou Yi Tribe too." He gave Tian Peng a thoughtful look. "And you're the key to it!"
Just as Old Jiang was about to drag Peng Peng away—they had already quietly retreated a few steps—a rough