The setting sun, an ancient road.
A blue robe, a long saber.
A man walked along the ancient road with a saber on his back. His steps seemed ordinary, yet he vanished from the spot in an instant.
By the time one looked again.
He had already traveled over a hundred feet.
Following the map Xiao Hong had given him.
Qin Shujian was now heading for a place where an Evil Fiend was sealed.
Had it been some other powerful opponent.
He would not have needed to go himself. The people of the Origin Sect could have handled it.
However.
Evil Fiends were different.
Within the Origin Sect, aside from him, the Sect Master, who possessed the power to kill an Evil Fiend instantly.
Everyone else.
Was far too weak.
Even though everyone was restricted to the Martial Entry Tenth Level in a Mortal Domain, an Evil Fiend was certainly not something the others could contend with.
The four Divine Martial Realm cultivators Marquis of Northcloud had sent in the past had been no match for an Evil Fiend in a Mortal Domain either.
Without relying on an incomplete Dao Artifact.
They would not even have been able to injure the Evil Fiend.
Moreover—
Even someone carrying a Dao Artifact was not necessarily a match for an Evil Fiend. Otherwise, the very name would not have inspired such terror.
Qin Shujian had now grown accustomed to traveling on foot.
When powerful figures from other sects traveled, most rode in carriages or mounted Strange Beasts.
However.
He had no such inclination.
Of course.
The main reason was that ordinary means of transport were too slow.
Although the Demon Branch Niu Dali had founded contained a number of demonic beasts, their speed still fell far short of Qin Shujian, whose footwork had