"Fine. If it truly wasn't you, then I'd like to see when Kangzhou produced such a master—or whether Eight Leaves defied me and changed his mind at the last minute.
Those who wish to come, follow."
Shi Fayuan's expression shifted constantly, his gaze almost tangible. His tone was calm, revealing neither joy nor anger; he seemed perfectly composed.
Yet the Ku Hai experts familiar with him all lowered their heads and recited Buddhist scriptures, clearly knowing that their sect master had been truly enraged.
Dao Lord Qingsong and his disciples; Shi Fayuan, Lord of the Sea of Suffering; the Ku Hai lineage's experts; the Buddhist disciples, abbots, and chief seat holders of Kasyapa Temple; along with more than a dozen Xiantian Experts who had come from the martial world to lend their strength.
They descended from the summit of Cloud Peak on Jizu Mountain, dozens of people moving forth in a mighty procession.
If this force had not been mutually restrained and opposed, but instead merged into one, they would truly have slain gods before gods and Buddhas before Buddhas.
After Eight Leaves betrayed Kasyapa Temple, he joined the Ku Hai lineage of the demonic sect and became one of Shi Fayuan's protectors, holding an exceptionally important position. He had been cultivating at the Ku Hai lineage's temporary base.
Though he had not arrived at Kasyapa Temple alongside Shi Fayuan this time, they had merely set off at different times. Their routes should have been the same. Reasoning backward from this, if something had truly happened to Eight Leaves, there would certainly be clues along the way.
They used their lightness arts and raced like wind and lightning. In less than half an hour, they reached an ancient road in the wilderness and stopped before a massive boulder weighing