"Dignified Emperor Liang, now reduced to Liang's slave. Can one even subdue stowaways as slaves during the Grand Trial? If so, couldn't one pull some strings..."
Li Qingyun drove his star skiff forward in a sudden burst, a lingering shudder and doubt rising in his heart.
Had he not been experienced in "lying low" and prepared well in advance, that mere meeting of eyes just now might have been enough for Liang's slave to recognize him.
For the sake of the old world's fortune back then, he had ultimately shown a moment of mercy, leaving behind such a hidden danger.
To save his own life, Emperor Liang would surely bite without hesitation and expose any stowaways he knew.
That Ji clan noble girl had kept him around; perhaps she intended to use him to track down and hunt other stowaways.
As for whether she would casually kill Emperor Liang once she had used him up, Li Qingyun thought that was highly likely.
"Still, I do not wish to leave this danger behind any longer. I must find a chance to erase him personally. Only then will it be safe!"
As his thoughts turned, the aura of the Myriad Universe Eternal Secret Art around him flickered incessantly, as though gathering strength to break through some obstruction.
After fully evolving his Eternal Body, Li Qingyun's cultivation of the Heng Mi Gong had progressed gratifyingly. If he truly sat in meditation for an entire day, he could cultivate at least twenty thousand new secret-art transformations.
The fruits of his new cultivation continuously merged into his existing attainments, and the might of the Myriad Universe Eternal Secret Art slowly grew stronger as well.
At this moment, he had reached a rather significant minor threshold.
"Break!"
The Secret Qi Eternal Light had gathered to its