Xu Yi was no man willing to suffer in silence; he never knew when he had enough of a good thing. He had clearly come out far ahead in this whole affair, taking the Five Elements Spirit, yet he still felt he'd been hard done by. After surviving countless brushes with death, he wouldn't be happy for days unless he vented this pent-up fury. So he had come to Qiyu City.
He'd chosen this place because it was not far from Wuyuan, only ten thousand li away, and it lay at the borderlands beyond any one power's control. He'd been making a spectacle of himself in Qiyu City to attract the attention of Gu Beiting and the others. He was certain they had been searching for him frantically of late.
As a borderland, Qiyu City having forces from the Evil Court was only natural. Sure enough, today he sensed someone tailing him and immediately knew it wouldn't be long before Gu Beiting's forces came bearing down. Only then did he unhurriedly send a message to the Sui Clan's Four Attendants.
He said that he had been refining pills nonstop lately and had severely depleted his vitality, and hoped the Sui Clan's Four Attendants could bring him some Precious Medicine to replenish it. The Four Attendants grew anxious at once and hurried off to find the medicine. When word spread through Wuyuan, it caused an immediate sensation; even several clan elders who had long since withdrawn from worldly affairs came rushing over.
There was no other reason: Xu Yi had built an exceptionally fine reputation of late. Witch Pills had been pouring into Wuyuan without end, and every clan there was deeply grateful to him. In the past, getting Witch Pills from Zhu Youliang had been a difficult and humiliating ordeal.