Hao Yi often thought back to that afternoon more than thirty years ago.
He had agreed to meet a close friend for drinks at a tavern.
Back then, that friend was not yet Master Yun Shen. He had not yet entered the clergy, and could still drink wine and eat meat with him.
As he passed a courtyard, he heard cries for help coming from inside.
It was the voice of a little girl.
Without much hesitation, he pushed open the gate and entered the courtyard, where he discovered the abducted children.
It had been the work of the Shen Family, once one of the five great families of Datong Prefecture.
And so, at that moment, the river of fate changed its course.
From then on, Datong Prefecture gained a powerhouse who dared expose every kind of evil and feared no powerful figure, no matter who they were, in his fight against them! Many years later, Shangguan Xiao asked Hao Yi a question: If he had not entered that courtyard on that afternoon, would everything that followed have turned out completely differently?
Hao Yi smiled. It was actually a question that did not need answering.
Because the evil of this world had been there all along. Sooner or later, he would have encountered it.
He could not escape it.
The flame in his heart would be kindled sooner or later! His master had told him, "You are the entire future of a sect."
Thus, for the first dozen years of his life, he had fought for the sake of those words.
That rescue on that afternoon had shown him another side of the world.
In the unseen currents of fate, it was as if a voice had told him, You should do something.
Thus, for the next several decades of