"I just knew it would be best if it's the two of us. My senior and junior brothers are either injured or ill. But us—we have gone through life-and-death experiences together. We're true friends! If you ask me what true friends are… Well, it's just like what people say. The gain or loss of power and influence will reveal whether your friendship is genuine, and your loyalty will be tested in the face of death…[1]"0

Chu Liang and Pushan skimmed low over the plains, flying side by side. Throughout the journey, Pushan kept up his usual chatter, causing Chu Liang's brain to quiver incessantly.0

Chu Liang had agreed to accompany him because no one in the Buddhist Cloud Monastery was willing to join Pushan as a scout. Having already been coldly ignored for a day, Pushan just looked so pitiful.0

Seeing that, Chu Liang felt sorry for Pushan. Furthermore, seeing as he couldn't rest easy if someone else did the scouting anyway, Chu Liang reluctantly agreed to accompany Pushan. However, he regretted it soon after.0

He couldn't help but wish Luo Yao were there. She had a way of shutting down Pushan's chatter at just the right moments. Thinking about that now, Chu Liang realized that was a skill in itself.0

He couldn't help but hope for enemies to appear—anything to interrupt Pushan's relentless chatter.0

At the next moment, someone appeared...0