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Yuxu returned with a smile, offering a respectful bow to Zhao Changhe and his family of three before heading straight back to Louguantai. He left behind only a parting remark: “If you have time, you’re welcome to visit Louguantai for a chat. This old Daoist will be waiting with open arms.”
Zhao Changhe returned the courtesy with due respect. “I will certainly visit.”
As Yuxu departed, silence engulfed Chang’an.
Apart from Jiuyou, no one else could see what had transpired more than ten li away. But everyone in the city had witnessed Yuxu giving chase, Qin Jiu drawing his bow and loosing an arrow into the distance, and then Yuxu returning with a smile. A single thought surfaced in the minds of all who watched: Could that one arrow have slain Papiyas?
The powers of gods and demons, especially one as renowned as Papiyas, were such that it should be impossible for them to be killed by a single arrow. If it truly had happened, then in the entire history of this world, only one person had ever accomplished such a feat.
That person’s name was Zhao Changhe.
Eyes shifted toward “Qin Jiu,” then toward the red-clad woman at his side. The name hovered on the tip of everyone’s tongues, but no one dared to speak it aloud. Instead, they all stole furtive glances...
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