The wind and snow at the foot of the snowy mountain grew stronger. Their howling was like an Evil Ghost's wail, gnawing at the soul.
The Agricultural School Saint Couple stood in the distance, watching with narrowed eyes as the youth who had just smashed his head now had to bend over and carry someone across the river.
"That old Zhang Guanyi," Shen Tianxue suddenly said, her expression inscrutable. "Whenever he shows up, it's never for anything good."
"Exactly." Pei Daiqing smiled. "Whenever he comes out of retirement, it means the world is about to fall into chaos."
Shen Tianxue wasn't interested in whether the world descended into chaos. She was more curious about something else. "What do you think he'll do with Wei Ren?"
"Dean Ou is dead. Even if he takes Wei Ren back for learning the Agricultural School Forbidden Technique, there'll be no one to keep him in check." Pei Daiqing thought it over. "Once the others find out, they might hand him over to the Legalism School, or send the two of us back."
"How boring." Shen Tianxue pursed her lips, then suddenly remembered something. "Is Ou Rushuang dead?"
"They haven't found him yet. There's a fifty-fifty chance he's dead." Pei Daiqing smiled. "If he's still alive and still in Taiyi, he'll be found sooner or later. Maybe he's already escaped Taiyi and gone elsewhere. After all, Xuan Kui's main base is outside Taiyi."
"Then we'll go elsewhere too." Shen Tianxue set off at once.
Pei Daiqing followed, smiling as he asked, "A Xue, where should we go first? Should we look for Ou Rushuang or Xuan Kui?"
"Why would we go looking for those two nuisances?" Shen Tianxue frowned.
Pei Daiqing said, "I thought you were going to—"
"Do I look like some do-gooder who