The man's appearance was radiant and unblemished, his bearing transcendent, as if he were an exiled immortal from the heavens. At a glance, he was clearly a man of the Righteous Path.
That was a bearing those demonic fiends could never hope to imitate.
In an instant, Lu Yang's heart settled.
Since he belonged to the Righteous Path, the danger posed by this cave heaven would plummet exponentially.
With that thought, Lu Yang stopped at the doorway, clasped his hands, bowed, and said, "Junior Lu Yang pays his respects to Senior."
There was no response from the bed.
"Junior Lu Yang pays his respects to Senior."
Lu Yang raised his voice and repeated himself.
Even after several calls, the person inside did not respond.
Gradually, Lu Yang sensed a trace of deathly stillness about the man.
The senior expert sitting cross-legged on the bed had been dead for a long time.
It was astonishing that someone who had died who knew how long ago could preserve his corpse intact.
At least, in Lu Yang's limited experience, even warriors at the peak of the Great Grandmaster realm returned to dust after death.
The cultivation of the man before him in life must have surpassed even the Great Grandmaster realm.
Lu Yang fixed his eyes on the old man's clothes and studied them for a while.
Thunderlight shimmered across the old man's robes. The aura lingering around him gave Lu Yang a sense of perfect harmony, as if they shared the same origin.
Could he be True Lord Lei Wu? The thought suddenly surfaced in Lu Yang's mind.
Once it appeared, it lingered there, impossible to shake.
As far as Lu Yang knew, in all of Wanlin Prefecture, only two experts beyond the Great Grandmaster level had appeared in the past several