"What did you say?!"
After talking with Zhao Gongming for so long, Luo Jun was shocked for the first time.
"Yuan Shouzhen... defected? Defected from where? The Yuan Cultivation Society? Where did he flee to?"
"You didn't even know that?" Zhao Gongming looked at Luo Jun suspiciously. The rewards for the Heavenly Origin Tournament were only revealed after the competition had fully concluded, and they had not been distributed publicly, so there was little information online. It was understandable for those who had not been there to be unaware. But Yuan Shouzhen's defection last year had been major news. The entire cultivation world had been shaken by it, yet this guy did not know.
"Not just the Yuan Cultivation Society—he directly betrayed the Main World..." Though doubtful inside, bolstered by the power of the Dice of Heavenly Secrets, Zhao Gongming still explained patiently. "After Yuan Shouzhen obtained the Kiss of the Goddess of Life, not only were his old injuries healed, but he also regained his youth and returned to his peak strength. Then he betrayed the Yuan Cultivation Society and entered the [Metropolis] world, going to his former beloved disciple, Wu Yingjie. According to information sent back by explorers from Yingzhou, that old man has most likely broken through to Feather Transformation, though it is uncertain whether he is a Polluter."
"That's impossible!" Luo Jun blurted out. "Mas... Yuan Shouzhen hated evil with a passion, and he was utterly disappointed in that disciple of his. How could he possibly defect to [Metropolis]?"
"You... know Yuan Shouzhen well?" Zhao Gongming looked at Luo Jun.
"Uh... I only heard about it..." Luo Jun realized he had lost his composure and casually explained, "Apparently, Yuan Shouzhen was injured in the past because of that eldest disciple. The two had long since fallen