"You!" Anger rose on Yan Jiu's face. She hadn't expected Zhen Jingshan to treat her with such contempt. He was abusing his authority to settle a personal score. Did he think she was blind?
"Though I accepted the Jade-and-Silk Golden Book Order, it didn't specify when I had to go to the Tiansang Wasteland. Besides, you've wounded me so badly that I can't travel. I'll go after I've recovered for a while."
How could Lu Xiaotian not see what Zhen Jingshan was plotting? Though he was injured, resting for a few days wouldn't make much difference to his ability to fight. Still, he had gained a great deal from their fierce battle, and the injuries to his Primordial Spirit truly needed time to heal. Unless he had no other choice, even if he went to the Tiansang Wasteland, he would do so only once he had recovered as fully as possible. After all, the foundation Zhen Jingshan had built over many years in the Huangyi Immortal Realm couldn't be taken lightly. The Huangyi Immortal Realm was full of hidden talents, and its realm lord and deputy realm lord were both Heavenly Immortals.
For now, Lu Xiaotian didn't know whether Zhen Jingshan had influential connections in the Alchemy Pavilion of the Huangyi Immortal Realm beyond those he already knew—or whether he had close friends whose strength matched his own, or even surpassed it.
Charging headlong toward a powerful enemy while injured and knowing little about him was hardly the act of a wise man.
Even if Zhen Jingshan's close friends or elders from his sect wouldn't necessarily come after a second-grade alchemy saint like him over Zhen Jingshan's affairs, Lu Xiaotian still had to be on his guard.
"Have you got some nerve! Do you know the crime of delaying military