Yu Sui looked over the panting Wan Qi. "Does the School of Medicine have a rule saying disciples aren't allowed to kill?"
Wan Qi shook his head. "No, not that I know of."
Yu Sui asked, "Then what's with you?"
Wan Qi thought for a moment, then said earnestly, "Just think of it as a kind of personal creed."
"Not killing?" Yu Sui asked.
Wan Qi shook his head, then nodded.
Yu Sui added, "But it wasn't a real living thing. It was just a manifestation of the Nine Schools Techniques."
Wan Qi spread his hands. "But I can't break other people's techniques, either."
Yu Sui looked at him in confusion. "Why can't you break them? Even I can."
Wan Qi sighed, waved a hand, and stood up. "Let's not get into it. We should hurry back and meet up with the others."
Yu Sui looked him over. She was somewhat curious, but didn't show it.
"I ran pretty far. I don't know if that farmer's tutor will still be there, with the Lan Poison acting up." Yu Sui stepped out of the Overturning Thunder Formation, and the formation vanished behind her.
Remembering the madman whose Lan Poison had flared up, Wan Qi couldn't help shivering. There was no way they could beat him, so he asked glumly, "Then what do we do? Wait until they finish fighting before we go back?"
Yu Sui looked toward the night fog in the distance. The mist by the river was so thick it obscured even the city lights. Not a glimmer could be seen.
She looked at the Five Elements Light Core left beside Yue Shu.
After Yu Sui had been driven back by the Dazzling Crane and Wan Qi had scrambled up and run off, Qiu Cang came rushing to Yue