Two days had passed since An Jing used the OverSight sword case to kill the white-robed scribe. In that time, he didn't flee as quickly as he could. Rather, he made pauses in between to survey the nearby terrain to find the most ideal route.0

He wasn't foolish enough to make his way into a village. The cult was sure to detect him when a foreign youth suddenly showed up among the small number of villagers deep in the mountains. The villages could also be filled with cultist sympathizers, considering how much they benefited from being under the cult's rule.0

He didn't return to Skysource right away either as he simply wasn't in that much danger. This way, he could also...0