"Humph, looks like we won't be getting the treasure back this time. Disciple, stand behind me in a moment. Let me face this bull-nosed old Daoist!" Sword Devil Master's face turned grim, and every pore on my body suddenly prickled open. If he called him a bull-nosed old Daoist, then it had to be Li Taichong!
Li Taichong had appeared here? I hadn't sensed the slightest warning, and I had never even dared imagine this happening! After all, I was currently in the Central Continent, near the place where I and the Dog Emperor had faced off. How could Li Taichong possibly appear here?
Earlier, True Person Haoyang had said that aside from him, there were further contingencies waiting behind the scenes. But I had thought that contingency was merely Li Poxiao. I hadn't expected it to be Li Taichong and his disciple together. Now that was troublesome.
After Sword Devil Master and I stopped, he looked toward the dense, mist-shrouded land ahead. His lips parted slightly, and then he called into the boundless immortal aura before him, "Bull Nose, I know you're in there. Come out!"
"Hehe, Old Devil, your nose is still as sharp as ever. Every time, you can smell my presence before I've even arrived." An aged voice drifted out from the hazy clouds. Then white light wavered faintly within the immortal aura, and soon a figure appeared amid the cloud qi.
"I was planning to go to Yue Prefecture and find you myself, but since you've come here, don't even think about leaving. That saves me the trouble of going to Yue Prefecture to deal with you!" Sword Devil Master said coldly. He really seemed to have been planning to find Li Taichong. I had thought he had already gone to look for him.
"Sure,