That demon Li Yan, in order to complete his missions, began leading them ever closer to the "River of Netherfall." Along the way, they encountered the river's strange monsters three times.
But Li Yan was fierce and valiant. He actually flung the two of them far away, letting them escape on their own. As for himself, no one knew what methods he used, but he escaped time and again.
Naturally, the two of them did not feel grateful to Li Yan for saving them. Instead, they hated him even more. If not for Li Yan, they would never have gone so close to the "River of Netherfall."
They only hoped that Li Yan would die in the jaws of those monsters during some mission, thus easing the hatred in their hearts.
As for Buluo, he had it easy. Though he followed along on missions, Li Yan later directly arranged for him to stay at the edge of the distorted space.
There was no danger there at all. The river monsters would not reach that place, and those wandering ghosts would not enter the distorted space either.
Whenever the two of them hurt so badly they could barely walk back, they would always see Buluo sleeping like a log. They now had to gamble with their lives, so why had that fellow not simply slept himself to death...
The yellow-haired youth was now in the most miserable state. The old man could not beat Li Yan, but he could beat him.
Thus, his boots and decent clothes were stripped away by the old man, who then tossed him the ragged clothes Buluo had once worn.
This made the yellow-haired youth scream miserably every time he entered an area thick with "Ghost Thorns." Without his boots to protect him, he suffered endlessly.