As Luo Chen's expression darkened, the temperature in the hall seemed to drop by several degrees.
An oppressive yet weighty aura spread slowly like a mountain, leaving everyone silent as cicadas in winter.
Feeling that aura, as though it were the might of heaven itself, everyone seemed only then to remember that Luo Chen, who had been warmly chatting and reminiscing with them moments ago, was not merely the Pill Sect famed throughout the Eastern Wasteland for his benevolent gentlemanly conduct. He was also a baleful star who had fought countless battles large and small, once hailed as the Number One Under Spirit Transformation—the Formless Demon Luo!
Dongyang Great Elder's expression changed sharply in the face of that aura.
Even with his Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation, he felt extreme danger.
Lian Buwei and Shi Chuanting beside him fared even worse, their faces deathly pale.
Lian Buwei in particular had been the one to question Luo Chen just now.
Yet as a Dao Sect True Person, he possessed the pride of a disciple from the number one Sacred Land beneath heaven!
"Luo Chen, do you intend to kill us to silence us?" Lian Buwei gritted his teeth and forced himself to speak. "The deaths of the two of us are nothing, but have you considered how you will face the wrath of the Heaven Origin Dao Sect?"
Luo Chen stared at him, his words icy. "You say this sect colluded with the Demon Race?"
Lian Buwei rallied. "Yes! Who in the world does not know that Qixia Yuanjun and our Dao Sect share an irreconcilable hatred? Yet you now wish to sign a Ceasefire Treaty with her. If that is not collusion, then what is?"
"Heh heh."
Luo Chen gave a cold laugh.
"On this sect's path to rise, countless