"No wonder General Qin Yue looked familiar."
Lou Guanshan planted his hands on his hips. "I really am lucky. First one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions saved my life, then General Qin looked out for me."
The leaf the wandering soul had become slapped Lou Guanshan across the face.
"You call that looking out for you?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Lou Guanshan looked serious. "In that situation, I was practically out of my mind. What could I have done even if he'd told me the truth?
Back then, I didn't even know what the Twenty-Eight Mansions were, much less how terrifying the enemy he faced was. General Qin was probably afraid I'd lose control."
Lou Guanshan gave a bitter smile. "After all, I was very impulsive back then. If hatred had clouded my mind, the stone inside me probably would have killed me instantly."
The wandering soul clicked his tongue in wonder. "You've thought it through pretty well. You're starting to seem a little dependable."
Lou Guanshan perked up. "It wasn't all for nothing. At least I know who he was now. Formerly of the White Tiger Division, the Kui Mansion, Kui Wood Wolf."
The wandering soul said, "Right, now you know. And then what? You aren't still thinking about avenging him, are you?
There's no need. He saved you out of duty, and he was to blame too, all right? If he'd run somewhere deserted, he wouldn't have caught innocent people up in it.
He nearly got you killed. Don't you think he was awful?"
Lou Guanshan glanced at the wandering soul.
"No. I think I was lucky. Thinking back on it now, he was already at the end of his rope.
If I hadn't been at Starfall Cliff then, not only would he have died, he wouldn't have been able