Evil Cultivator Has Come to Kill!!!

"Wait a little longer."

The young man pulled his hood back over his head, his voice as cool and detached as ever.

The woman in plain clothes asked in confusion, "What is it? Is there something else?"

"We still have to wait for two people."

"More people? Aren't there just the two of us?"

"Yes, two friends." The young man nodded. "They should be here before long."

"What is their cultivation?"

The young man glanced at her, the corner of his lips curving into a faint arc as he deliberately kept her guessing. "Secret."

At that, the woman's cheeks warmed slightly, and her urge to press further instantly vanished.

She hurriedly looked away, pretending to watch the clouds and mist on the horizon, though the young man's smile kept replaying in her mind.

Who would have thought that he looked so... handsome when he smiled?

Just then, a jade slip hanging from the young man's waist suddenly lit up.

The young man raised a hand and removed the jade slip. After reading the message on it, his formerly calm brows immediately furrowed.

The woman keenly noticed the change in him and could not help asking,

"Did something happen?"

By the time the young man looked at her again, his expression had already returned to calm.

"Nothing."

Then, his tone shifted sharply as he suddenly asked, "Have you heard of Chu Sheng?"

"Chu Sheng?" The woman's eyes flew wide open.

"Who in the entire Star Alliance hasn't heard of him? He's the universally acknowledged Number One Heavenly Prodigy of Star Sea! A nineteen-year-old Half-step Creation Realm!"

At that, the woman suddenly stopped and looked at the young man suspiciously.

"Why are you suddenly asking about him? You..."

She suddenly recalled the young man's appearance. He did not resemble any known race