Qian Chen clutched his sword, unmoved, only silently watching below.
Suddenly, Guo Neng seemed to have thought of something, as if he had discovered a glimmer of hope.
He shouted into the night, "Save me, if you save me, I will definitely release that old thief, and reward you ten thousand taels of gold. I, Guo Neng, here make an oath to heaven, my word is my bond, should I go back on it, may thunder strike me down."
To save his life, he was willing to make a poisonous oath on the spot.
With his eyesight, he could not see where Qian Chen was, but from a single sentence from Hu Miaomiao, he guessed that it was the group of bandits who had been tracking him all along, and since they had gone undetected for so long, there must be a highly skilled person amongst them.
He seemed to see hope.
