The sweltering heat made Zheng Jin look above with a pleasant grin. The sun was now up, starkly beyond the horizon. It was now mid-day, and he had just parted with Zhang Fei and went on his own way towards his shack.
He needed some time to take in the results of their visit to the burial grounds, and more importantly, he needed to prepare for the final stage of the tournament tomorrow.
Now near his house, he saw a silhouette—peeking over the window on the back of his shack, to which he immediately reacted to with a tinge of wariness. He then improved his senses looked around for other people, but none could be found. With the huge chunk of his neighbors eliminated by the new rules of the ranking tournament, his residential area was almost as empty as a ghost town.
Soon after he walked t
