The sky was brightly lit.
Chen Ji and Zhang Xia raced side by side through the forest. While Xiao Man and the others headed southeast, they went southwest.
Along the way, the two struck tree trunks, startling birds into spiraling flight, leading the Life-catcher Generals to chase after them.
The birds in the sky circled for a while before settling back on the treetops, only to be startled again by the chasing Life-catcher Generals.
Chen Ji glanced back, always maintaining a distance of over a hundred zhang from the Life-catcher Generals, neither drawing closer nor farther away.
He turned to Zhang Xia: "How long have you been in the Innate Realm?"
