"Who are you…?"
Li Jiufang gazed intently at the young Daoist before him. The Daoist's aura was unassuming and perfectly natural. Li Jiufang frowned slightly, searching his memory but finding no information that matched this person.
He was certain he had never seen this man before.
"It's been a full sixty years since we parted ways in Qingliu County. I never expected such drastic changes; that the official once wholeheartedly devoted to the people would now become a prisoner fleeing from bandits."
Qi Xiu nodded slightly as he watched Li Jiufang, whose hair and beard were disheveled, yet still radiated an aura of dignified humility.
The Wu Family had failed in their struggle for power in Dianchuan Province and had been branded a treacherous family by Gao Tianxiong, leading to the relentless pursuit and slaughter of their entire clan.
