One Against Three
"May I ask why King Lu is waiting here for the three of us?"
The jade-faced scholar narrowed his eyes. Lu Xiaotian's behavior was truly strange, giving him a faint sense that trouble was coming. They had already met twice before. Whatever Lu Xiaotian had to say, why hadn't he said it then? Why wait until they had all left the Eastern Puppet Emperor's Tomb and then deliberately wait here for them?
"I'm not waiting for the three of you. I'm waiting for Fellow Daoist Jade Face." Lu Xiaotian shook his head. "Ghost Lord and Fellow Daoist Jin Hao, the two of you may leave."
"King Lu must be joking. The three of us came to the Eastern Puppet Emperor's Tomb together, so naturally we'll leave together. Does King Lu think he can subdue all three of us by himself?" The jade-faced scholar burst into laughter, as if he had just heard the most amusing thing in the world.
"King Lu, could there be some misunderstanding? Ghost Lord and I believe we still share the bond of having once fought alongside you. We've never offended you in the slightest. We've also left you completely untroubled all along the way."
The Four-Eyed Golden Roc frowned. He had once witnessed Lu Xiaotian's true body fight the Five Absolutes Monks of the Buddhist Sect. Though Lu Xiaotian had been suppressed by the monks' Tiger-Subduing Formation, that Buddhist formation was no force ordinary people could withstand. The heroic bearing Lu Xiaotian had displayed that day had nearly left both him and the Golden Nether Ghost Lord with the impression that Lu Xiaotian was invincible. After the battle at the Boundary-Heaven Stone, he and the Golden Nether Ghost Lord had both gotten what they wanted, and each had improved tremendously.
Even so,