The constant sounds of fighting and destruction was hectic, loud, and bone-shivering, yet the location that these three figures, Wei Wuyin, the sobbing Jiu Lang, and the darkly dressed Long Chen were isolated. They were far from the conflict, the perfect place to commit a murder.
Wei Wuyin's emotions were abnormally calm as he recalled the Black Skeleton, the scene of his alternative future of dying at the hands of Long Chen. Even to this day, he couldn't figure out exactly why he decided to protect Jiu Lang, not privileged to any of the details leading up to this event.
It had never felt correct. The him in this version of time hadn't just defended her, but he had abandoned his path of Heart of Elemental Qi, a superb qi of nine different elements, deciding to embark on the weaker path of the Heart of Scarlet Qi. It seemed against his nature to settle.