A few minutes later, you deduced the truth of the message Shun had sent. He had indeed not deceived you. He had handled the entire matter exactly as you instructed, without doing anything superfluous. From this angle, he could not be blamed—but it only made you hate Lan all the more.
Without Jie Quan, unless another replacement could be found, you would undoubtedly have to seek out many more people to help draw Tian Shu's Holy Land of Dao Integration back. If this had happened before, you might have planned for Lan to die early. But with your breakthrough imminent, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble. You could only let him live a little longer and deal with him after you broke through, once the final link of the Two Extremes Authority had been completed.
Of course, if Lan failed to recognize what was good for him and still dared pursue Shun beyond Xuankong to hunt him down, then you would have no choice but to use Heaven Does Not Grant Fate to obtain his Lifebound and collect a little interest first...
Clearly, you had overestimated Lan. Lan could not be sure whether Shun's method had come from a treasure, nor did he dare gamble on whether it was false.
Lan himself was not a man as timid as a mouse. It was merely that Bao Qiong had previously given them orders, so he did not dare cause too much trouble. He had thought dealing with Jie Quan would be his own family's affair, yet it unexpectedly brought this calamity upon him.
Lan had always feared defying Bao Qiong, so naturally he did not dare actively provoke further trouble. Even a powerhouse like Bao Qiong had been injured by someone, and you had also caused havoc in the Chaotic