As the jade slip floated over, Xu Qing looked at it coldly. He didn’t reach out to grab it. Instead, he sent a soul thread over to pierce into the jade slip and shatter it. Most people who saw that would tremble inwardly thinking that it was a display of overt killing intent.1

But Sir Heavenink was a top chosen. The reason he hadn’t attacked Xu Qing earlier was because he had picked up on certain clues that caused him to hold back. He was perceptive. And thus, he maintained a very respectful attitude.0

“That thug Master Stillwinter had originally been aiming to tame a hillworm,” he said. “But then something unexpected happened, and about a month ago he went to the Ghost Chariot Wildwood. Based on the information I was able to dig up, quite a few cultivators have gone after ghost chariots. And that includes the followers of that bastard Fan Shishuang. But when you add the brutal beast Master Stillwinter into the picture, that changes things.6

“That villain Fan Shishuang is a real schemer, and he made a lot of secret preparations for this Great Hunt. Because of that, when that sissy Master Stillwinter went into the Ghost Chariot Wildwood, he never came back out. It seems likely to me that those two jokers locked...27