Lu Xiaotian and Luo Ping'er remained on the small reef island for several more days before flying together toward Pill King City. By then, Lu Xiaotian had once again disguised himself as the dark-faced youth.
Luo Ping'er pursed her lips and smiled at Lu Xiaotian. "Your original appearance was much more pleasing to the eye. Now you look more or less like a lump of charcoal. But you offended Ancestor Han Chi, so you should be careful."
"You knew about it?" Lu Xiaotian asked in surprise.
"How could I not? Don't forget what Vulture House does. Though the matter was extremely secretive, we still learned the general outline. After the two cultivators from Tianxin Pavilion returned, they reported Ancestor Han Chi's attempt to intercept and kill them. Now all the adventurer cultivators in the Blue Demon Sea are looking for you. Just finding you is worth more than ten million Low-grade Spirit Stones. Putting several pieces of information together, it was only natural to realize it was you. What exactly did you do to Ancestor Han Chi?" Luo Ping'er asked.
"Nothing much. I only destroyed Ancestor Han Chi's substitute and took his sentient magic artifact," Lu Xiaotian said calmly. He had not expected Ancestor Han Chi to still be spending such a tremendous price to find him. Ten million Low-grade Spirit Stones was no small sum even for a Nascent Soul ancestor.
"What? You actually killed Ancestor Han Chi's substitute?" Luo Ping'er cried out in shock.
When she saw Lu Xiaotian nod, Luo Ping'er did not know what to say. This fellow truly had the audacity to defy heaven itself—he even dared to offend a Nascent Soul Middle Stage ancestor to the death. Yet on second thought, he had probably been left with no choice.
Nascent Soul ancestors varied in