The Night Before

At that, Hu Keke turned his head away, took Satongtian by the hand, and walked back.

What he had just witnessed was beyond anything he had imagined. He didn't want to watch any longer.

Although Jin Buhuan had been hunting him down, the man had once served his father. He hadn't expected him to meet such an end.

Satongtian led his young master away from Snow Lake.

He let the wailing behind them fade into the distance without so much as blinking.

Only the corner of his mouth moved as he said to Hu Keke, "Wang Xian is teaching you that when you root out evil, you must pull it up by the roots."

Hu Keke didn't understand. "Why does he always do as he pleases? He kills when he wants and spares people when he wants."

"You're not him."

Satongtian sighed. "He's all alone. One mouth to feed, no family to worry about. He wanders wherever he pleases, and only heaven knows where he'll spend the night tomorrow."

It wasn't until Satongtian met Wang Xian that he began to envy such a freewheeling life.

Unfortunately, just like Murong Wan'er, he had made a deal with Wang Xian and had to stay by Hu Keke's side.

Thinking of the days Wang Xian had disappeared, Hu Keke couldn't help nodding.

He muttered to himself, "That's true. Maybe he disappeared again around then."

Satongtian smiled faintly. "As long as he takes care of the trouble for the young master on the Winter Solstice, he can go wherever he likes afterward."

Hu Keke said nothing.

He didn't even look back at the scene by the lake. He only thought to himself, I want him to stay. Is that so wrong?

The black mist that had surged across Wang Xian's chest finally faded, and