Forcing Him Back

Just as Xiao Chenyang stood overbearingly, his face brimming with arrogant pride,

Shen Changchuan behind him did not remain where he was and merely watch.

Instead, he stepped forward directly.

As fellow disciples,

and with his relationship with Senior Brother Hong being fairly good,

he naturally could not allow Senior Brother Hong Yang to suffer such humiliation and suppression from that fellow.

And as a disciple under their Master, he could not lose face no matter what.

What was more,

Shen Changchuan and the other party had once had a grievance between them.

As Shen Changchuan stepped out,

the people around him who had been chattering among themselves fell silent, making way for him.

Countless gazes gathered around him.

Shen Changchuan's expression was calm, his steps steady,

as he slowly walked to Hong Yang's side.

He looked toward Xiao Chenyang opposite him.

His gaze was tranquil, revealing nothing.

Looking at this former enemy,

Shen Changchuan's heart stirred slightly.

The last time they had met several years ago, the other man had seemed to be only at the Out of Body Stage eighth level Late Phase, or perhaps the eighth level apex.

Now, his cultivation had risen to the Ninth Layer Apex.

Such progress was already quite good.

After all,

when Shen Changchuan had obtained the opportunity within the Spirit Transformation Pool and advanced to the Out of Body Stage eighth level, his plan for the future had merely been to advance to the Out of Body Stage ninth level before the joint grand competition, if possible.

The path through the Out of Body Stage Late Phase was not so easy to walk.

Crossing an entire cultivation level in a few years—

clearly,

the other man's aptitude was not bad.

But regarding this,

Shen Changchuan did not care in the slightest.