It had taken Chu Nanping two whole days and nights to capture that drifting shadow.
He followed the Dragon King's requirement of avoiding the disciples of the Essence Pavilion, though not out of fear. As the only lone practitioner of the Essence of Perceiving Passion, his kung fu was already better than most of his fellow disciples, and Gu Shenwei hoped to strike a balance so that even if those weirdos had Shangguan Ru in their hands, they would not dare to make a move.
Chu Nanping had actually been hiding in the Royal Court. In the boundless grasslands that were as flat as a pancake, the perfect place for him to hide was actually the tented city. So he had been lurking around the Dragon Army's camp while on the lookout for other lurking shadows.