Tongzi's eyes reddened.
"Still, if he's connected to the fox demon incident, I might retrieve your heart blood for you while I'm at it. Provided, of course, that he hasn't done anything to it yet.
"If he has, even the greatest immortals couldn't help you, unless time itself were reversed."
Tongzi's wounded heart found a little comfort. Although he might never get it back, what if he did?
"You still remember what that man looked like, don't you?"
"Of course!" Tongzi declared loudly. Cultivators already looked far more extraordinary than ordinary people, and he rarely saw any. Naturally, seeing one even once left him awestruck, as though he had encountered a celestial being, and he remembered their appearance firmly.
"Can you draw?"
Tongzi looked troubled. He had come from a little mountain village, after all. Where would he have had the chance to learn something like drawing? One glance at his expression told Su Jiu all she needed to know.
"Never mind. Just describe any distinguishing features he had."
Yun Huanling looked surprised. "Will that work? Wouldn't it be better to take him into the city with us to find the man?"
"Our enemy is hidden in the shadows. Are you sure taking him into the city won't get him killed?"
Yun Huanling paused and said no more, though he still felt this approach was rather unreliable.
Su Jiu glanced at Tongzi. "Go ahead."
Seeing that Su Jiu insisted on keeping him out of the city, Tongzi breathed a sigh of relief. If his former attitude toward Peace City had been curiosity, all that remained now was fear.
Over the course of this day, he had experienced terror unlike anything he had ever known, and he had also gained a profound understanding of how formidable cultivators were.
He had always