Xu Yi could only console himself for the time being. I knew I shouldn't have come to see...
Seeing that Xu Yi was about to turn into Xianglin's Wife, Huang Mei quickly shut his mouth, plugged his ears, and prepared to sleep.
Xu Yi muttered a couple more words. Huang Mei refused to play along, and Xu Yi soon lost interest. He swallowed the ball of flame, took out the Ruyi Pearl, and, after notifying Zhang Fang, hurried toward the passage into the Barren Frontier.
As the evening glow spread over half of Great Desolation City, Xu Yi and Zhang Fang landed atop a golden tower.
"Strange. Why hasn't Li Zhao replied? That doesn't make sense. Even if you lent him your courage, he wouldn't dare ignore your summons."
Zhang Fang muttered under his breath.
As soon as they entered the Barren Frontier, he had used the Ruyi Pearl to contact Li Zhao. Given how obedient Li Zhao was to Xu Yi, how could he dare keep them waiting—or even fail to send back a message?
Xu Yi furrowed his brows slightly. "You and he found that middleman last time. Where is he?"
Zhang Fang's heart sank, and he immediately understood what Xu Yi meant. Xu Yi clearly suspected something had gone wrong with Li Zhao's arrangements concerning the Chen Black Order.
"He's at Jiangnan Spring. He's a regular there. The monk can run, but the temple can't."
Zhang Fang hurriedly assured him.
The two immediately rushed toward Jiangnan Spring.
Before they reached it, they spotted Li Zhao hanging from a flagpole in a vast plaza not far away.
Li Zhao looked like a blood gourd. His body was pierced through with all manner of barbed spikes, and dried blood had caked over his eyes, leaving him unable to open