"I've had an insight. I'm going to cultivate for a while. Sorry for the trouble, but please keep watch for me!"
As Li Yun finished speaking, he sat upright as a pine, a faint smile on his face. His gaze was warm and steady as it fell on Su Qingyuan and Su Lingyao.
The Su sisters froze, then stared at him in shock.
Here in the Eternal Desolate Death Zone, danger lurked everywhere and the Erosion Force pervaded all things. Outside, a hundred Upper Sages watched like tigers eyeing prey, ready to charge in at any moment to kill them and seize their treasures. Yet Li Yun could still settle down and cultivate in peace?
Such composure, such confidence, was beyond imagining.
"Rest assured, Young Master Li. We'll guard this place and let no one, and nothing, disturb your cultivation!"
Su Qingyuan immediately gathered herself and nodded solemnly. Spiritual power began circulating through her body as she gripped the Jade Pendant and took up guard at the cave entrance.
Su Lingyao quickly dropped her playful expression and tightened her grip on her sword. She scanned the cave warily. One on each side, the sisters kept Li Yun between them and devoted themselves to guarding him.
Outside the Death Zone, the uproar continued unabated.
The hundred Upper Sages had split into two factions, their arguments rising and falling until they rang through the clouds.
"Twenty days without a sound! They must have died long ago. Waiting any longer is a waste of time!"
"Fools! Li Yun isn't an idiot. He's an Upper Sage too. How could he be willing to die without a trace in the Death Zone?"
"Li Yun is definitely alive. He must have some secret treasure that withstands the Erosion Force. We have to go in together and