Xu Qing had also chosen to return to his sword pavilion, and along the way he had kept his guard up, so it was only natural that he noticed Qing Qiu. Knowing that they were simply both going in the same direction, his eyes flashed with cold light as he continued on his way.3

Qing Qiu also understood that they were simply heading toward the same destination. However, in her mind, the evil ghost was screaming and howling like it usually did.1

Gritting her teeth, she interrupted, “You’re such a chatterbox! How about I end things with YOU in mutual destruction?”7

The evil ghost suddenly went silent.0

And thus Qing Qiu and Xu Qing arrived at the sword pavilions one after the other. When they both landed only 3,000 meters apart, they exchanged a glance. Both frowned. As it turned out, they were sword pavilion neighbors.16

It wasn’t exactly a random coincidence. There had been fifty-one new swordsages who all established sword pavilions at roughly the same time, and were all in roughly the same area. That said, Xu Qing didn’t like crowds and lots of activity, so he had waited a few days in the hopes that the other swordsages would all build their sword pavilions first. As it turned out, Qing Qiu was also somewhat antisocial, which had increased...20