After night fell, Mei Chengyu found Yan Xiaochuan and took him to Wuzi Sea.
On the way, Yan Xiaochuan told him about some recent events in the School of Names. Mei Chengyu lowered his head and played with the Listening Wind Ruler, answering with a word or two from time to time.
They had barely left the academy when they encountered Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu blocking their way on the Mountain Path.
The two stood beneath a Street Lamp, bathed in its warm orange glow. To Yan Xiaochuan, however, they looked downright sinister.
Yan Xiaochuan stopped Mei Chengyu, who was about to walk straight ahead without looking, and lowered his voice. "Hey, Senior Martial Brother, there are dogs up ahead."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiangyun laughed in anger.
Only then did Mei Chengyu lift his head from the Listening Wind Ruler. He cast a casual glance at the two men ahead and said nothing.
Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu moved to the middle of the road. Before they could speak, Yan Xiaochuan cleared his throat and called out, "Senior Brothers, as the saying goes, a good dog doesn't block the road!"
"You've got quite a sharp tongue," Zhang Xiangyun said with a false smile. "Let's see if your fists and feet are as sharp as your tongue."
The two men in the middle of the road had clearly come with hostile intentions. Zhang Xiangyun didn't waste any more words. As soon as he finished speaking, he tossed the Divine Wood Sign from his hand. It hovered before him, and the Landscape Divination Array he had prepared appeared.
The terrain changed the instant the array emerged.
Winding cracks shot across the ground like snakes lunging forward. It was as if the earth had been cleaved in two, splitting into an impassable