Shen Changchuan had never believed that an Immortal Sect was some paradise beyond the world, a place without strife.
In truth,
he could sense that within the Immortal Sect, quite a few people bore hostility toward him.
That storm of public opinion that had once swept through the entire Yuqing Immortal Sect Inner Sect was proof enough of that!
Some simply disliked the sight of him,
some did not wish to see Ten Thousand Ren Peak rise and did everything in their power to suppress its later-generation prodigies,
and there might even be spies and traitors from the Tianmo Sect!
Among these people,
there might well be enemies lurking deeply in the shadows who wanted his life!
Of them all,
the one Shen Changchuan feared most
was Situ Yuan, who had betrayed his Master and already reached the middle stage of the Spirit Wandering realm!
Ever since Situ Yuan, his Master's traitorous disciple, had sought him out, Shen Changchuan had been filled with vigilance toward him.
Especially when Situ Yuan had deliberately come to warn him that the battle situation in the Southern Yue Land was unfavorable,
Shen Changchuan's wariness of him had sunk deep into his bones.
Even the stupidest fool could sense the other party's ill intentions!
Under such circumstances,
how could Shen Changchuan casually leave the Immortal Sect's gates?
Without his Master's Ten Thousand Miles Empty Boat,
his only option was to take a flying boat belonging to some large merchant association,
which practically meant his route was fixed!
And once the route was fixed, anyone hiding in the shadows and hostile toward him only needed to spend a little time and effort to intercept and ambush him midway!
Never mind anyone else,
just that ill-intentioned Situ Yuan alone—
if he personally made a move and joined