Five days later

The eighth day of the eleventh lunar month.

Near the Great Xia’s southern border, Yin Mountain City, also known as “Little Ghost City Fengdu.”

This was the first city Su Yi visited after arriving in the Great Xia. It was here, in Little Fengdu’s ghost market, that he met the old blind man of the Ghost Lantern Sarcophagus bearers.

A room near the window on the second floor of a restaurant.

Su Yi, Yue Shichan, Ge Qian, Yuan Heng, and Bai Wenqing were drinking together.

“Three months ago, Master and I met Bai Wenqing in the Cloud Python Mountains’ Cold Emerald Valley,” said Yuan Heng with great emotion. “At the time, we were still traveling with Fellow Daoist Ling and Miss Qing Ya, and Master was still in the Grain Avoidance Realm.

“It’s been just three short months, yet Master’s cultivation has already reached the Gathering Stars Realm. When I think back to our experiences in the Great Xia, I almost feel like I’m dreaming.”

Bai Wenqing couldn’t help but smile. She, too, felt moved.

During her time traveling with Su Yi, she’d learned on a deep level that sometimes, choosing the right person to follow could change your destiny!

Just three months ago, she was still just a Snowfiend Profound Python unable to take on human...