"He did," Shen Qingqiu agrees. "And somehow I stumbled my way back to the inn and fell into bed, passing into a deep yet troubled sleep. The next morning, the barrier was taken down and the city gates were opened. All of the Sower Demons had been captured, and Mu-shidi had already begun to distribute his cure. Jin Lan City was saved...but when the leaders of the four great sects arrived, the Huan Hua Palace Master stood before them all and accused me of having brought the Sowers down on them. Luo Binghe simply stood nearby, neither smiling nor frowning, as I was taken into custody."

He suddenly reaches for his beer and downs the whole thing, throat working near-frantically to swallow it all. He wipes his mouth and says, "Perhaps sometime, if you ask nicely, I will tell you of the hospitality I enjoyed in Huan Hua Palace's Water Prison. But for now I think we're done here, Mister Sims. I hope you consider yourself satisfied."