Calmly Facing It

Four Beauties Mountain was steep but not rugged, graceful and picturesque. Streams burbled through it, giving it both Jiangdong's gentleness and Huanzhou's ruggedness.

Meng Qi felt worried and heavy-hearted. He flew down before Flower Washing Sword Sect's mountain gate once more and explained his reason for coming to the disciples on guard.

"Young Hero Su, I'm afraid you've come at a most unfortunate time. Senior Brother Qi left the mountain a few days ago." A person's name cast a shadow, and seeing that it was "Mad Saber" Su Meng, the gatekeeping disciple didn't dare show the slightest neglect.

He stole a glance at this young expert whose name had resounded throughout the world. The man was much as he'd imagined, only not quite so sharp, wild, or high-spirited. Instead, there was a little more of an unblemished, rounded quality to him, like white jade polished over many years: lustrous, yet never restless.

Meng Qi's heart gave a jolt. Senior Brother Qi had hurried off as soon as he returned from "seclusion." Could something really have happened to him?

"Junior Brother, do you know where Senior Brother Qi went?" he pressed.

Seeing "Mad Saber" Su Meng take the initiative to address him as a fellow disciple, the gatekeeping disciple was flattered and quickly replied, "I don't deserve to be called that by you, Senior Brother Su. I heard Senior Brother Qi went to Ye Capital."

Ye Capital? Meng Qi clasped his hands in farewell, turned, and stepped into the air, flying toward Huanzhou's Provincial Yamen, Zhoujun's county seat, and Ye Capital!

Ye Capital, Six Doors County Office, Silver Badge Constable Signatory Office.

Meng Qi couldn't use Yuxu Divine Calculation to determine Qi Zhengyan's whereabouts, and the Outer Scenery Expert overseeing Flower Washing Sword Sect's affairs in Ye Capital hadn't seen