Seven Star Island, Divine Lord Lieyan

Lin Xuan felt a chill creep up his spine, and even the utterly audacious Fairy Hongling had a faint trace of fear showing deep in her eyes.

Aside from Gu Changfeng, there was also a Nascent Soul Realm old monster in the room.

And he was... a great cultivator of the Late Stage!

As the saying went, if you had done no guilty deed, you did not fear ghosts knocking at your door—but Lin Xuan and Hongling had both infiltrated this sect with their own plans in mind.

At this moment, it was only natural that they felt somewhat uneasy!

They were terrified that what they were plotting had been seen through by the other party. Otherwise, what would a Late Stage great cultivator be doing here?

And he just so happened to choose the very moment Gu Changfeng was receiving them... The timing was far too perfect.

Could this actually be a trap, a conspiracy?

All sorts of thoughts spun through Lin Xuan's mind. His mouth felt dry, his heart thudded wildly, and it had been a long time since he had felt this tense.

What should he do... turn around and leave?

Lin Xuan shook his head and rejected the idea. Although he had never seen a Late Stage great cultivator make a move, the ancient texts described plenty of them. Their divine abilities could practically be called heaven-shaking and earth-shattering. With his current cultivation, the possibility of escaping was infinitesimal.

Forget it. If one did not enter the tiger's den, how could one obtain the tiger cub? Since things had already come this far, he might as well gamble. Perhaps the other party had not come for him.

If that was the case, then fleeing would instead become the stupidest choice.

Lin Xuan thought to himself.

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