Yang Shan merely swept his gaze over the scene and immediately grasped the situation.
He nodded at Gu Xing, then asked:
"Gu Yao, is this man trying to attack you?"
Gu Yao said, "Reporting to the Deputy Pavilion Master, we did not provoke him. Yet this man intended to take our lives. The two of us were no match for him, so we had no choice but to seek the Deputy Pavilion Master's aid. We have wasted your time; please forgive us, Deputy Pavilion Master!"
Gu Xing was dumbfounded.
No!
Gu Yao!
What are you doing?
Is this really you?
Weren't you the ruthless sort who killed without blinking and scowled at everyone you met?
Why were you acting as obedient as a student who had just been disciplined by a teacher with a ruler?
Where had the Asura Commander I knew gone?
Where had the Asura Commander I knew gone?
Blood Fiend Old Demon looked at Yang Shan, his brows furrowing deeply.
"So you are Central State's Foremost Heaven's Chosen?"
Yang Shan walked up to Gu Yao.
"Enough, no need for all these formalities!"
"Brother Gu Xing, this is our first meeting. I'm Yang Shan, Xiao—oh! I mean, Junior to Gu Xun'er, the Ancient Clan's eldest young lady."
Gu Xing was the most straightforward and honest among the Black Submerging Army's Four Great Commanders. Unlike Gu Yao, he had not come to Central State before because the Black Submerging Army still had many affairs requiring his attention.
This was also part of the Ancient Clan higher-ups' strategy.
If they sent the Ancient Clan's younger generation to the Purple Immortal Pavilion all at once, then under Xiao Xun'er's leadership as a God Grade Bloodline, the Purple Immortal Pavilion would appear far too powerful and would easily draw the hostility of