As adepts who had achieved Petty Consummation of the Qi-Gathering, Xiang Donghua, the second elder of the Chu royal household, or Xue Meng, commander of the Chu city guard, had their own demon stead. Xiang Donghua rode a level-seven demon, "Lightning Leopard," which could run many times faster than a ferghana horse. Xue Meng's stead was a level-eight demon "Saber-toothed Tiger" which was even faster than the Lightning Leopard.
The distance from the Chu royal city and Yunfeng prefecture was shorter than that from the city to the Yunyang imperial city, so Xue Meng returned to the Chu royal city sooner.
