To help Yan Zi ease her grief, Xu Yi didn't soar high through the sky. He walked with her along the official road, beneath the wild grasses that stretched up to the heavens.
When they reached the banks of the Mo River, gulls wheeled and gathered, and the water shimmered beneath the sky. The setting sun dyed the layers of forest a deep red. Xu Yi felt his chest suddenly open up, but then he heard Yan Zi murmur, "People are like gulls on the sand, drifting from place to place across the rivers and lakes. Maybe Old Lu isn't dead, but simply gone. Perhaps we'll run into him again someday. Don't you think so, Young Master?"
Xu Yi paused. "Yes. The Immortal Path is long, and the Great Dao is formless. Anything is possible. Maybe Old Lu went to another world. We'll surely meet again someday."
Yan Zi nodded. "That's good. Young Master, where are we going?"
"To kill someone!"
Xu Yi smiled briskly.
Yan Zi froze. After a long moment, her eyes gradually hardened with resolve. "I'll help you kill them, Young Master!"
Xu Yi ruffled her hair and released a stream of spiritual energy to carry her. The two of them became streaks of light and shot into the sky.
In the end, Xu Yi didn't let Yan Zi help him kill anyone. He had indeed wanted to go to the Blackbrow Country, but it lay an entire continent away—simply too far. He could only put that debt aside for now.
Xu Yi didn't go to Central City, either. Originally, after hearing Old Cao's advice, he had planned to visit Golden Core Academy again.
This time, he had set his sights on Golden Core Academy's Central Academy, the very heart of the institution.
But before that, he