On Green Mountain Hidden Peak.
Zhao Layue sat cross-legged on the couch, her eyes closed as she regulated her breathing.
Zhuo Rusui sat on the floor, leaning against the edge of the stone couch, sleeping with his eyes closed.
Gu Qing and Yuan Qu stood beside the stone door of the cave abode, studying something. They had been imprisoned on Hidden Peak for many days, but still had not given up hope.
Tong Yan sat beside the Go Board, staring absently at the scattered stones, his thoughts unknown.
The stone door of the cave abode slowly opened.
Zhao Layue opened her eyes, but neither attacked nor tried to leave.
Beyond the stone door lay an expanse of utterly cold, shadowy blackness. It was Corpse Dog's mountain-like body.
Suddenly, she clutched her chest, a look of surprise appearing in her eyes.
A blood-red Sword Light illuminated the cave abode. The Unthought Sword leaped out of her body, passed through her palm, and became a red thread, darting through the gap in the stone door toward the horizon at an unimaginably fast speed.
At the same time, a ripping sound rang out in the cave abode-the sound of coarse cloth being torn apart by a shock. Universe Edge burst out of its cloth wrapping and likewise flew toward the horizon. Gu Qing chased it for two steps, but how could he possibly catch up?
No one dared leave the cave abode, because Corpse Dog was right outside.
Just then, Tong Yan rose from the table and walked to the entrance. Through the ever-narrowing gap in the door, he looked at that enormous body, dark as night, and said, "I have a story."
Zhuo Rusui opened his eyes and said listlessly, "He doesn't have any wine."
Deathly silence filled