Watching the empty plain beneath the night sky, the monk Jingli sighed.
Linzi really was a miserable place. His junior brother Jingshen had even grown thinner...
He'd run off in such a hurry. The Qi court must not have given him any time to rest, right?
What a black-hearted bunch!
He rubbed his bald head and turned to walk back.
Come to think of it, Master had gotten into another argument with Uncle-Master Kubing a few days ago. Who knew where he'd gone this time? He wondered if he was doing well out there...
Sigh.
He had it hard, too.
His junior brother and his master both gave him plenty to worry about.
Jiang Wang hadn't been away from Star Moon Plain for long when he ran into Yue Leng and Li Youjiu, both empty-handed. Since they had already shown themselves, there was no need for them to keep hiding their tracks.
It seemed they had still lost their target.
"There was indeed a powerful expert lurking over there, but by the time we got there, it was too late." Yue Leng explained, "Our opponent was highly skilled in this field and had erased the traces very cleanly."
Jiang Wang was clear-headed. His own tracking skills were nowhere near good enough to question Yue Leng and the others.
So he simply said, "Equality State really is a big problem. I'll stay put in the country from now on, all the way until the Yellow River Assembly begins."
Yue Leng and Li Youjiu exchanged a glance, evidently pleased with his "good sense."
Yue Leng still smiled as he said, "If you'd like to travel around the Eastern Domain a bit more, that's not out of the question. But this time, I'll have to stay right by your side, without