"On and on, going on and on, away from you to live apart, ten thousand li and more between us, each at opposite ends of the sky." He quotes, then laughs at the notion. "Aiya, I don't think little a-Yuan would appreciate a journey of ten li, never mind a thousand."

Never mind the hazards of shepherding his little band of elders and infirm through the hazards of rogue cultivators and encroaching armies. He might be a cornered tiger, but they've learned to be wary of his claws.