On the rooftop balcony of Wangshu Inn.
"Xiao! Are you here?"
Zhong Baiye shouted toward the distant sunset, hoping to see Xiao.
Xiao was a Yaksha, so he should have been highly sensitive to karma and calamities. He might know something about what was happening in the Chasm.
Zhong Baiye called several times, but no one appeared. Only gusts of cold wind blew against his face, stinging his skin.
Just as Zhong Baiye was about to give up, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"What... did you come... to see me for?"
Zhong Baiye turned around in delight and looked down to find Xiao holding a plate of Almond Tofu and eating.
The moment Zhong Baiye saw him like that, he understood why Xiao had taken so long to respond. He had been off getting something to eat.
"Why don't I wait until you've finished eating?"
Zhong Baiye pressed a hand to his forehead as he spoke to Xiao.
Xiao also realized that he was in no state to discuss anything. He immediately found somewhere to sit and settled down to enjoy his food.
Ten minutes later.
"Burp..."
Xiao rubbed his stomach and burped.
"Today's Almond Tofu was pretty good. Anyway, what did you want to see me about? Why did you come alone? Where are the others? Weren't you all together last time?"
Xiao's words left Zhong Baiye feeling a little melancholy. He should have had a beauty in each arm... no, wait, everyone should have been together. Yet now he was all alone. It was far too lonely.
He composed himself, then pointed toward the Chasm as he spoke to Xiao.
"Xiao, I came to ask you about the Chasm. Do you know anything about it?"
Xiao did not look in the direction Zhong Baiye was pointing.