"Guo Erlang, Cheng Dalang."
"The three of us are acquainted. I ask that you two cease struggling."
Bai Yao's voice came from behind. Chu Danqing turned to look and saw a figure flashing toward them, wrapped in Yellow Wind Golden Lightning.
By the time his words fell, he had already drawn near. Wind and lightning were right before them as he reached out to seize the two men.
As for Chu Danqing and Da Bao, Bai Yao did not take them seriously at all.
Yet at the critical moment, Bai Yao withdrew his hand and retreated three steps in succession.
A crimson spear nailed itself into the spot where he had just stood. Had he not retreated in time, it would have pierced straight through his body.
After forcing Bai Yao back, the crimson spear slowly turned into flames and dispersed, strikingly visible in the night.
"In a tiny Yangxian County, so many people of extraordinary status have actually gathered here." Bai Yao followed the direction from which the crimson spear had come with his gaze.
In the darkness, Lu Yin sat alone in a plain carriage, a blanket draped over his legs and a small brazier held in his hands.
Flecks of starlight-like fire drifted from the brazier.
"This Crimson Concealment Spear technique can only come from the true teachings of Seclusion Lotus Hermit." Bai Yao immediately identified Lu Yin's background.
Lu Yin did not care. It was not something shameful; he had merely kept a low profile and never publicized it. A tree that stood above the forest would surely be battered by the wind.
"My master is indeed Seclusion Lotus Hermit. I studied under Scarlet Word Sect." Lu Yin spoke slowly. Fire lotuses rose around him one after another, transforming into long spears with their tips aimed