Yue Qi had insisted on retrieving Shiwu and the other children. Right away, he’d almost collided with the hooves of Qiu Jianluo’s horse. In that instant, Shen Jiu forgot Yue Qi’s warnings—that it would be best not to reveal their rudimentary immortal arts to others. He transformed metal into a sharp blade and stabbed it into the horse, straight to the bone.

