Shen Long and Shen Hai stood atop the Blue Flying Boat, gazing into the not-so-distant yellow desert where sand filled the skies and violent winds raged.
"Master, there is a restriction here,"
the Hundred Eyes Cicada spoke.
"Besides the restriction, is there anything else?"
Shen Long inquired.
"I haven't discovered anything else yet. I'd need to go deeper into the desert to further investigate, but that would be too dangerous,"
the Hundred Eyes Cicada explained.
Raising his right hand, Shen Hai released a Talisman that flickered with ceaseless blue light. It transformed into a burly young man dressed in blue, his body adorned with shimmering runes; a Nascent Soul Stage Rune Soldier acquired from a cultivator of the Blood Flame Sect.
The blue-clad youth turned into a streak of blue light and flew towards the sky, though not at a swift pace.
