Long Time, No See

Ever since Star Moon Plain, Jiang Wang had not stopped once along the way.

He passed through Yang Land without entering Green Sheep, heading straight for Linzi.

At one hundred and eight city gates in Linzi, Chongxuan Sheng waited outside Faith Gate.

Choosing this gate carried deep meaning.

When Jiang Wang first came to Linzi, Chongxuan Sheng had brought him through Faith Gate, intending to remind the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce that people should keep their word.

Later, the Chamber insisted on breaking its promise, and Su She avoided meeting them. That was when Chongxuan Sheng schemed to have Xu Fang cut out his heart outside Blue Stone Palace. The vast Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce collapsed like a mountain in a landslide.

By now, the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce had long since scattered to the winds. Su She, once so glorious, had died before Jiang Wang's eyes and returned to the earth, mingling with the dust.

Now Jiang Wang had returned as promised, and once again he was about to set off for Crescent Moon Island for a friend.

And once again, it was at Faith Gate.

Faith was what people said; words had to be followed by action, and action had to bear fruit.

As Jiang Wang came down the Official Path, once more approaching the towering, three-hundred-li city of Linzi, he saw the familiar, hefty figure before the city gate, and Shi Si behind him, still clad in heavy armor.

Though the journey had left him weary, and though his thoughts were occupied with Zhu Biqiong, he still smiled.

"What are you waiting for?" he called from afar.

Shi Si still didn't like to talk. Hidden beneath his heavy armor, he stood there like a statue and merely raised a hand.

Chongxuan Sheng smiled until