The Oddity and the Request

After Zhou You arrived, the Liu Family attached unprecedented importance to the occasion and announced that they would close their doors and receive no more guests today.

This was respect for a Strong Martial cultivator, and also to prevent idle people from disturbing him and causing Zhou You to vent his anger on the Liu Family.

When Zhou You met Liu Jingguo, he confirmed that she was a genuine Strong Martial cultivator. Moreover, her strength far surpassed that of many who had just entered Strong Martial First Heaven. After estimating the timing, he realized—

That was right. Liu Jingguo had broken through precisely when the Nine Cauldrons landed, and she had gained benefits as well.

"Master Mang!"

Appearing alongside Liu Jingguo was her inscription mentor, Master Mang.

This pair of master and disciple was rather interesting. On the surface, they were master and disciple, but in truth, their relationship had been forged through the convergence of mutual interests.

Master Mang was alone and without support, relying on Liu Jingguo, his disciple in name, to provide for him in old age. Liu Jingguo, meanwhile, hoped to use his status to draw close to the Golden Immortal Path. Each took what they needed, and their intentions were clear.

The master-disciple relationship sustained in this way appeared incomparably solid to outsiders.

Zhou You was somewhat startled upon first seeing Master Mang.

Liu Jingguo had invited him here to discuss the Earth Grandmaster's Tomb, a matter Master Mang should not have known about.

Their original agreement had been to wait until Liu Jingguo broke through to Strong Martial, then explore it together and split the gains evenly. With one more person involved now, things became somewhat troublesome.

"Pavilion Master Zhou, my master came because he discovered that there is something odd about this matter!"