Song Qingshu's heart sank. No matter how good his lightness skill was, there was no way he could find all three of them in such a short time, much less when they had been sent in completely different directions.
"Still, I can give you a chance," Zhang Rou said after a pause, a smug smile appearing on his face. "I told you, I wanted to play a game with you."
"As expected of a warlord who dominates one region. I have to admit, you really have stumped me." Song Qingshu gave him a thumbs-up. "Go on, what game?"
"You needn't worry. I'll tell you where each of the three women is being held." The smugness on Zhang Rou's face grew even more pronounced.
Song Qingshu snorted. "You'd be that kindhearted?"
"Of course I wouldn't be that kindhearted." Zhang Rou's smile vanished as he looked up at the sky. "The time I agreed on with my men is almost up. The three of them are in entirely different directions. No matter how high your lightness skill is, you can only save one person."
Song Qingshu's heart sank to the bottom. He had never expected to encounter one of those melodramatic plots from TV dramas in his previous life. His cultivation was now nearly unmatched in the world, yet even he could not contend against time and space.
Song Qingshu frowned deeply, sensing that things could not be so simple. Staring straight into Zhang Rou's eyes, he asked, "Why not simply kill them? Or point me to a few random places and mislead me? I don't believe you'd be kind enough to tell me their real locations."
Zhang Rou sneered. "What fun would that be? I'm deliberately giving you a chance to save someone, so that afterward, you'll suffer even more. You'll