Shi Feiyang used Formless Immortal Escape to vanish from the spot with Yang Xu, slipping away unseen through another window of the Bell Tower.
He strode through empty air and, in moments, reached a hillside a hundred or so miles away.
This time, before he could explain anything, Yang Xu bowed straightaway. "Junior Yang Xu pays his respects to Martial Uncle."
Shi Feiyang was pleased. "So now you acknowledge me as your martial uncle?"
"Anyone who can wield our Taiyi Divine Thunder and Formless Immortal Escape to such a degree must undoubtedly be a senior of our sect," Yang Xu said respectfully. "But I entered the sect too late to know you. May I ask your Daoist name, Martial Uncle?"
Shi Feiyang told him his name. "I'm not actually a member of the Green City Sect. After your master underwent Reincarnation, he acknowledged me as his elder brother. We exchanged insights into Daoist arts, which is how I learned your sect's spells. How did you fall into their hands? Do you have a grudge against that Red Cloud City Lord?"
At the mention of this, Yang Xu grew furious and recounted what had happened. "I have no quarrel with them whatsoever. I'd never met them before, or even heard of the Red Cloud City Lord. This disaster came out of nowhere! They're cultivators, yet they wantonly harm innocent people, without the slightest trace of virtue!"
He had been about to add that they would surely meet their doom sooner or later, but he was too well brought up to utter curses casually, so he left it unsaid.
Shi Feiyang said, "You needn't be so upset. That Red Cloud City Lord's tribulation is almost upon her. Just sit here and watch."
He took out an Elixir and a healing salve, gave