Unrest Began to Stir Across the Land

"I'll have to leave for now and lie low."

Jiang Chongguang swung his massive hammer, sending the constables surrounding him sprawling.

Perhaps because he had killed an official of Great Qian, the Blood Armored Guards arrived with astonishing speed this time, closing in on the skies above East Mountain Town in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Chongguang hesitated no longer. He invoked the secret technique [Body Embracing the Dao], broke through the Imperial Tomb's restrictions, and hastily fled.

At the border of Imperial Tomb Commandery, Great Qian.

A streak of light shot out of the abyss-black boundary, looking rather bedraggled.

"Why did the Blood Armored Guards feel so much stronger this time? I nearly didn't make it out." Jiang Chongguang darted into a mountain forest and concealed himself, panting heavily, his mind full of questions.

That brief exchange had already left seven or eight wounds on his body.

He slowly circulated the Liqi within him, and a crimson phantom emerged behind his back.

Amid the billowing flames, the wounds on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Why did this trip into the Imperial Tomb..."

"Feel a little strange?" As Jiang Chongguang recalled what he had just experienced, an indescribable sense of unease rose within him.

Yet for the moment, he could not put his finger on what was wrong.

He slapped his thigh. "If only Sushu were here! He'd definitely figure it out!"

Just then, a paper crane floated out from inside his robes.

Flapping its wings, it flew straight toward a certain destination.

Overjoyed, Jiang Chongguang hurried after it.

He followed the paper crane for nearly half a day before finding a tightly bound figure in a cave.

"Sushu!" Jiang Chongguang could not help crying out in delight.

He hurried forward to untie