"Actually, the reason I came out to see you this time was not only because I wanted to help you seal Xiao Cha. There was an even more important reason."
Only Half-Faced Heavenly Demon and Luo Bei remained inside the thatched cottage. Half-Faced Heavenly Demon looked at Luo Bei with the gentle expression one reserved for a younger generation. "When Tong Bugu chose to help you with all his strength, I did not stop him. But I never expected that your strength, your cultivation, and the power gathered around you would grow so quickly... I was afraid Tong Bugu had misjudged you, so I decided to come out and see with my own eyes what kind of person you truly were."
Half-Faced Heavenly Demon spoke very directly, yet those unvarnished words made Luo Bei feel his sincerity all the more. Luo Bei liked this manner of conversation as well, so he nodded. "Senior, you were uneasy about me?"
"That is right. Because this concerns too much." Half-Faced Heavenly Demon shrugged. "Because this concerns too much. You have now become, after Zhaoyao Mountain and our Zhanzhou Marshland, the third power capable of contending with Kunlun. Even Yu Shiqing has chosen to form an alliance with you. The forces you draw to your side will only grow greater in the future, and every choice you make will have an enormous impact on the entire cultivation world." After a pause, Half-Faced Heavenly Demon smiled at Luo Bei. "I am not afraid that you will suddenly change your mind and stand with Kunlun against us. I am only afraid that you will become another Huang Wushen."
"Become another Huang Wushen?" Luo Bei frowned as he looked at Half-Faced Heavenly Demon.
"I know you must think I am worrying too much." The change in Luo