Thirty miles outside Xilai Temple.
Beneath the night sky.
By the side of a dirt road.
Yibai transformed into human form, descended upon this place, and found Lei Cao dressed as a beggar.
Lei Cao, upon seeing Yibai, was quite surprised.
"Dragon Lord, wasn't it said a month? Yet a month has not passed."
Lei Cao asked in astonishment.
"What, isn't it better to come earlier?"
Dressed in fine clothes, Yibai stepped forward, sat down by the roadside, and said.
"Excellent, excellent!"
Lei Cao, after a moment's realization, was overjoyed, and said, "Dragon Lord, have you settled your affairs?"
Yibai nodded and replied, "Of course, I have settled them. I have invited a competing demon, Lord She, to assist us, and he is on his way here now."
Lei Cao exclaimed with joy, "That's wonderful!"
Yibai said nothing further, waiting for Lord She to arrive.
He pondered in his heart how to deal with Monk Mingjing.
