Chapter 9 #Eight Streets My mission ended in failure before it even began—thanks to that wave of tricks from Xie Xuanqing, I was left a bit out of sorts. I was so dazed on my way back that I couldn’t even find the entrance to Xie Zhuo’s barrier. Wandering aimlessly in the snowy bamboo forest, I felt like I was trapped in a maze. But to my surprise, I soon ran into Xie Zhuo—who looked just as disoriented as I was. It seemed he was also searching for the entrance to the barrier. We bumped into…