There were three questions that particularly concerned Du Yu.
The first was Black and White Impermanence's appearance.
Du Yu had met the Seventh Master, White Impermanence, Xie Bi'an, before. Calling him the most handsome man in the Underworld would hardly have been an exaggeration. But the white-clad child on the screen was truly hideous, with tiny eyes, dry, sallow skin, buck teeth, and a face covered in pockmarks.
The Eighth Master, Black Impermanence, Fan Wujiao, was even more puzzling. His looks were no different from what Du Yu remembered: aloof and proud. Yet his lips were pale, his steps unsteady, and his breathing weak, as though he had been sickly since childhood. According to many Immortals, however, Black Impermanence excelled at fighting. He and Zhong Kui were the pinnacle of combat prowess among the Eight Great Underworld Enforcers.
The two figures on the screen were worlds apart from the images Du Yu had of them. He had no idea what sort of story had unfolded.
The second point that concerned Du Yu was their status.
Dong Qianqiu had just said that Black and White Impermanence were constables, but now they appeared to be beggars. Although Du Yu knew little about ancient bureaucracy, he understood that transforming from a beggar into a constable could not have been easy.
The third point was that "extra person," Xiao Nian.
According to Zhan Qisheng, the legend of Black and White Impermanence had always featured only Fan Wujiao and Xie Bi'an, depending on each other for survival. Why had a girl suddenly appeared?
People said, "A beautiful woman is a flood of disaster." Had this girl driven a wedge between them and turned them into enemies?
But why?
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