Stoneborn and Qi Zhongbin, along with Hui Mian perched on Stoneborn's head, watched the scene unfolding on the little river running through the neighborhood.
"That turtle spirit courted death, but that fish..."
Qi Zhongbin frowned slightly as he spoke, while Hui Mian immediately revealed her identity.
"She's Yu Xinmei, the sworn younger sister of Chen Han, Temple Keeper of the Demon-Subduing Great Emperor's foremost temple. One of the three demons who saved the world back then. We've met her once, too."
Qi Zhongbin nodded.
"If I remember correctly, her name is Yu Xinmei?"
The moment the fish's streak of escaping light appeared, all three had sensed that faint thread of destiny, to varying degrees.
"That's right, that's her name!"
Hui Mian answered with a smile.
"It doesn't really matter who gets the Immortal Elixir. What matters is keeping it out of the hands of evil beings. That turtle wasn't exactly evil, either, but ramming the bridge to fight for the pill led straight to its death on a fish spear!"
Hearing Hui Mian's words, Stoneborn could not help sighing.
"That's true, but... ah, what a mess. All these years of work, for nothing..."
Qi Zhongbin chuckled at that.
"Senior brother, weren't you just looking at the stars?"
By then, Liu Changfa, the man who had gone to fetch a stool, had run back. Seeing the old man on the bridge still shaken, with his wooden wonton ladle lying on the ground, he hurriedly set down the stool and checked on him.
"Uncle Zhou, what happened? Sit down, hurry!"
Liu Changfa looked him up and down but found no visible injuries.
The old man waved a hand, neither sitting down nor taking his eyes off the river. Had he just seen a fish leap up and catch the wonton he had