Above the gloomy valley, the wind howled fiercely, blowing with exceptional chill.
Within the Spirit Shield encircled by formations, two more people had appeared, and the one who spoke was the man among them.
The two wore loose white Daoist robes, utterly plain in appearance, save for their exceptionally profound auras.
"It's Shaon!" a Xiao Family clansman cried.
Lu Qingshan had also recognized them. The two before him were Ye Jingting and Xiao Shaon.
The reason Xiao Shaon had proposed coming to Mystic Heart Prefecture as soon as he broke through was naturally because of the Jade Slips Xiao Yuanhong had sent.
In the end, he could not cast aside his identity as a member of the Xiao Family.
He could watch the Xiao Family decline, but he could not watch it be exterminated, much less watch his father die.
Moreover, this had already become the greatest inner demon of his Golden Core.
"Senior Ye, Senior Xiao, this junior is Lu Qingshan of the Deer Cry Mountain Lu Family, now a disciple of Prefect Chen..." Lu Qingshan said, neither servile nor overbearing.
Once those words were spoken, the other cultivators finally understood why Lu Qingshan had broken through so quickly.
With the Prefect of Mystic Heart Prefecture from the White Jade Faction at his back, such rapid advancement was only natural.
Of course, Lu Qingshan was still extremely uneasy at this moment.
The reason Prefect Chen had not made his status as a disciple public before was precisely because he feared this hidden danger.
A prefect of the Righteous Path Sect held a lofty position, but there were seventy-two prefects in the entire Righteous Path Sect, not to mention Golden Core cultivators.
Before a family power like the Ye Family, one that could rival an entire faction, his identity was