Nian Qiuyan knew where the Mei Liangyu Trio was going. He hadn't stopped them, and he couldn't have stopped them anyway.
Nian Qiuyan figured that making it this long before Mei Chengyu discovered him already counted as an exceptional performance on his part.
The people from the royal residence, and Nangong Sui joining them, had been unexpected.
Nian Qiuyan could calculate who might come to Taiyi, but he truly hadn't foreseen Nangong Sui getting involved in the matter of Xuan Kui and Lan Poison.
There had been no warning in his divinations. That was no good sign.
At that moment, thunder shook the heavens over the Abyssal Sea around Mechanism Island. Waves surged violently. A single wave crashed in, as if it meant to cleave the cliffs and rocks apart, carrying enough force to crush a watchtower.
From far away, Xing Chun shouted at the two figures standing by the sea, "Get any closer and you're asking to die! You waiting for a wave to sweep you away and drown you?"
Mei Chengyu and Zhongli Shan stood quite a distance from the shore. They had made their way from the top of the cliff to the sandy ground below. Towering, perilous cliffs flanked them on both sides, and they stood between them.
The waves crashed into the mountain walls head-on, and the spray fell like a downpour. It paused for a moment, then came crashing down again. Though neither of them got wet, the dampness clung to them.
Zhongli Shan stood with his sword in hand, his expression solemn. His clothes and hair whipped in the gale that came with each wave, making him look like a lone swordsman from a solitary mountain undergoing a grueling trial.
Mei Chengyu took a step back, leaving the lone swordsman to bear the