The other young man in a dark teal Daoist robe, who had been following behind the Wanhua Realm cultivator in the ink-black brocade robe, saw this and immediately dropped to his knees as well.
Chen Yan merely sat expressionlessly before the stone table. After pausing for two breaths, he finally spoke:
"So, what exactly is your purpose?"
The Wanhua Realm cultivator in the ink-black brocade robe swallowed. Daring not to look directly at Chen Yan seated beneath the osmanthus tree, he merely pressed his forehead against the bluestone bricks on the ground.
"This junior and the others were momentarily muddleheaded. At the Purple Mansion Pavilion auction, we saw Senior spend so lavishly, and greed rose in our hearts. We wanted to—"
He did not finish his sentence, but the meaning was already obvious.
Murdering people and taking their treasures was hardly unusual in the cultivation world.
Chen Yan did not respond.
He merely lowered his calm gaze onto the two Wanhua Realm cultivators kneeling on the ground. After letting it rest there for two breaths, he finally spoke:
"You chased me all the way from Lin'an City, crossing a thousand li, just to rob me?"
The Wanhua Realm cultivator in the ink-black brocade robe knelt on the ground and hurriedly said:
"Absolutely true..."
The instant the word "true" left his mouth, his body suddenly exploded in midair, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
The young man who had been kneeling behind the Wanhua Realm cultivator in the ink-black brocade robe was instantly engulfed by the blood mist.
His body jolted violently. Smelling the nauseating rusty stench in the air, all four of his limbs trembled rapidly with fear.
The cultivation resources of the Heaven-Stabilizing Continent were indeed abundant enough.
Thus, the overall standard of cultivation on the Heaven-Stabilizing Continent