"Junior Brother, run... run! He's a monster! When he kills, he doesn't even spare the Demonic Dao!"
Under the night sky, two Flying Boats wove through the dense forest, their riders trying to shake the dark figure behind them.
But no matter how they fled, the figure stayed close.
As though he were toying with them.
"Senior Sister, go on without me! I'll fight this monster!"
The young man formed a hand seal, and a short blade flew from his sleeve to hover beside him. He swung his Flying Boat around and charged straight at the approaching shadow.
He thought the monster was about to attack him, and he was ready to fight for his life.
Instead, the man flashed past him and his senior sister. A hoarse voice rang out in their Seas of Consciousness.
"Two hundred li west of here, there's an Orthodox Dao market hidden inside a mountain. You can rest and tend your wounds there."
By the time the two reacted, the man was nowhere to be seen.
The woman came to her senses first, and they landed in the forest.
"Junior Brother, he... he's a senior of the Orthodox Dao!" she said in delight.
The man in water-blue robes shook his head. "Senior Sister, don't trust strangers so easily. There aren't many people we can trust these days, least of all an old monster who kills Orthodox Dao and Demonic Dao cultivators alike."
"You're right, Junior Brother."
The woman calmed down a little and reconsidered their situation.
"Besides, didn't you hear him just now? When he killed those Demonic Dao cultivators, he announced his name."
"Yes, he said his name was... Qiu Qianhai! That's it, Qiu Qianhai."
"Exactly."
The man nodded. "Who announces his name like that without having something to back it up? Only