"Hm?"
Sensing the chase unfolding more than ten miles away, Zhang Qingyuan frowned slightly.
But he did not pay it much mind.
In a chaotic place like this, killing and pursuit were perfectly normal.
He had no intention of getting involved.
Yet things did not go as one wished.
Perhaps the True Essence fluctuations produced when he had tested the Grass and Trees Soldier Summoning technique had exposed his location, but the aura being pursued abruptly changed direction and headed straight for this small island.
Behind her,
Several powerful auras gave relentless chase.
"Drawing calamity eastward?"
Zhang Qingyuan's brow furrowed further.
He felt a trace of dislike toward the person being pursued.
Without needing to think, Zhang Qingyuan could guess what she intended. Nine times out of ten, she was deliberately heading in his direction.
Whether in the lawless lands of the South Sea or elsewhere in Yuzhou, those being hunted generally fled toward crowds.
It was instinct.
They likely harbored a faint hope of stirring up chaos, so they could fish in troubled waters and escape.
If one day,
He, Zhang Qingyuan, were being hunted down, he might very well lead his pursuers toward others too.
Understanding was one thing, but when he himself became the target of calamity being drawn eastward, even the most saintly person would not be in a good mood.
Zhang Qingyuan fell silent for a moment.
He did not move.
He simply stood where he was, his gaze directed toward the approaching auras.
He had encountered such things before, back when he was in the Spirit Essence Realm.
But now, he was no longer the cautious person he had once been. The ant of those days had grown into a high-level True Essence Realm cultivator capable of dominating a region in the South Sea.