"Exactly. So Yue Qingyuan—Yue Qi at the time, get it, Qi and Jiu—were childhood friends, but at the pivotal moment, Shen Jiu couldn't go along with the Cang Qigong cultivators. Yue Qi promised Shen Jiu he'd become a great cultivator, and come back to rescue him at the earliest opportunity." Shang Qinghua grimaces a little; this backstory is good stuff, he knows that, but the ruthless Peerless Cucumber has been softened by his stint in PIDW, and he might get upset. At least about the Yue Qingyuan parts.