Along the way, the old man's throat bobbed several times, and his gaze kept darting toward Lu Xiaotian and the others.
"Second Miss, it seems this silver-haired cultivator really has suffered a great loss of strength. A mere Spirit Transformation cultivator was able to unleash some of the battle prowess of a Spirit Void Realm expert. That's no small feat. But the more powerful a forbidden technique is, the greater the price it usually exacts. Of the three, the fat one is just a greenhorn who recently advanced, and the other is only at the Nascent Soul Realm. They're of no value to us; in this perilous place, they'll only drag us down. Now that Yu Lie is dead, they may well go back and call for reinforcements. A Spirit Void Realm expert might even come along." The white-haired old man secretly sent the message to Second Miss Yu.
"No. This man did help me through the crisis earlier. If the silver-haired cultivator hadn't intervened, we'd probably be corpses by now. Even if things go badly from here, they can't get worse than they were before. Besides, I can't quite see through him." Second Miss Yu rejected her attendant's suggestion.
"Senior Lu, that old man seems to be plotting something. He might abandon us and use us as sacrificial pawns." Though Duming was only at the Nascent Soul Realm, he wasn't stupid. The old man was plainly annoyed at how much Lu Xiaotian and the others were slowing them down. Duming had no idea what Lu Xiaotian was really capable of, and warning him in secret was probably the only thing he could do.
"I know." Lu Xiaotian gave Duming a casual reply. The weakness on his face was naturally feigned. If the Yu woman and the old man really