True Person Leikong's sigh reached their ears, carrying a trace of helplessness and a bitter smile.
This matter truly had not been his intention, but something forced by circumstance. True Person Leikong was no fame-seeking fraud, so naturally he had no wish to fall out with so many good friends. However, this incident had been ordered by his master, and even if True Person Leikong felt some resistance in his heart, he had no choice but to obey.
"What did you say, fellow Daoist? It was your master's instruction?"
Startled discussions reached their ears, and the surrounding clamor gradually died down.
Every one of those Spirit Division Stage cultivators had a look of astonishment on their faces, and no matter what, the fear in them could not be concealed.
This was not strange. Although they did not know whom True Person Leikong had studied under, True Person Leikong himself was a late-stage Spirit Division cultivator. Someone able to be his master—wouldn't that be... wouldn't that be a mighty being at the Tribulation Transcendence level?
Amid their shock, everyone also became greatly wary. Although they were all at the Spirit Division Stage as well, compared to an old monster of the Tribulation Transcendence level, the gap was still as far apart as heaven and earth.
Now that they had heard all of this had come from the calculations of some Tribulation Transcendence Stage old monster, whether by feeling or by reason, how could their hearts not be uneasy to the extreme?
For a time, the originally chaotic scene quieted down.
The cultivators looked at one another. They had not been prepared for this outcome in the slightest, and deep inside, they were naturally bewildered and at a loss.
Only after a moment did a mature, steady cultivator speak up:
"Fellow