“Come along, little Ah Qing. Elder Brother is going to take you to do something really big.” As the Captain talked, he kept looking around furtively.3

Xu Qing shook his head. “I’m not going.”3

“Huh? Why?” The Captain looked very anxious.0

“You stirred up trouble in the Dark Serenity Sect,” Xu Qing replied, “and now you want to drag me into it too. You think being around me will keep you safe.”9

He thought back to how the Captain had looked with such longing at the demon snake’s tooth back when they went into the Dark Serenity Sect’s pocket realm together. Then he thought about how the Captain and Wu Jianwu had been meeting up recently. Clearly, Wu Jianwu had foolishly let himself be duped by the Captain, who ended up making a clean getaway.1

The Captain cleared his throat as he tried to think of what to do. He knew full well that he had pushed things too far, and was worried that if he didn’t get Xu Qing involved, he might get slapped to death by Arch-Immortal Plumdark. However, if he could get Xu Qing on his side before Arch-Immortal Plumdark showed up... then Xu Qing’s presence would be the Captain’s key to staying safe.0

Slapping himself on the chest to make himself seem like the spitting image of sincerity, the Captain glanced at Xu Qing and...2