"What a coincidence."
Ji Yuan smiled at the figure who had flown over from the distance and stopped before him.
They had not been far apart to begin with, and before Ji Yuan sensed Qi Xiu, Qi Xiu had already found him with his Divine Sense.
So there was little point in running.
"It certainly is a coincidence."
Qi Xiu smiled too.
"I thought you'd leave first, Brother Qiu. I never expected to meet you again in the Third Pass."
Qi Xiu landed before Ji Yuan, his feet resting on a rotting piece of driftwood.
"It seems we really are fated to meet, Brother Qi."
"Then how about we travel together through the Third Pass?" Qi Xiu asked tentatively.
Ji Yuan agreed without a moment's hesitation.
"I'd be delighted. I couldn't ask for more than to have you lead the way, Brother Qi."
"By the way, you arrived early. Have you learned the rules of this Third Pass?"
Seeing that Qi Xiu was also wearing the robes of a Yin Ghost Sect disciple, Ji Yuan asked out of curiosity.
"No."
Qi Xiu pondered for a moment. "Not long after I arrived, I ran into a Demonic Dao Rogue Cultivator at the Golden Core Middle Stage. I threatened his life for an answer, but he said he hadn't received the rules for the Third Pass either."
"Then that Ghost Envoy is probably plotting something again."
Ji Yuan transmitted the words directly to him.
"That's what I think too. You should be careful, Brother Qiu." After speaking, Qi Xiu looked Ji Yuan up and down, then said as if something had just occurred to him:
"Oh, right. I gave you a Communication Talisman during the First Pass, didn't I? I later realized I'd handed you the wrong one—it was from a good