Xu Qing didn’t feel any reason to be worried about his Eldest Brother’s safety. In all the time he had known his Eldest Brother, he had never seen an instance in which Erniu suffered. It was always other people who did the suffering. Among his victims was a godly entity from the Forbidden Sea, the three soul fragments of the Ghost Emperor, and most impressive of all… Crimson Mother and even the broken face of Eminent Desolation. Erniu had bitten chunks out of all of them.

From Xu Qing’s perspective, it seemed completely impossible that his crazy Eldest Brother would somehow meet misfortune in one of the Immortal Skills Halls in the Devilbird holy land. After all, his Eldest Brother had gone to the Immortal Skills Hall on purpose, and before leaving, he had seemed solemnly confident.

What was more, Xu Qing was going as an emissary of the tenth Imperial Sovereign, to bear witness to the event and see what the fuss was all about. In the past, he was always going on big jobs with his Eldest Brother. This was his first chance to go watch things play out as a spectator.

That said, I should do my best to keep things from getting out of hand. Given what the empress had asked of him, he felt like it was his responsibility to make sure his Eldest Brother didn’t cause too much of a scene. But when he thought about how much his Eldest Brother tended to stir up trouble, he felt a bit less confident. I can at least try to convince him to keep a low profile.

Feeling a bit better, he sped on his way. About four hours later, as he flew over the horizon, he saw the city where he and his Eldest Brother had parted ways some time ago. The eastern Devilbirds’ Immortal Skills Hall was located about 500 kilometers north of that very city.