"Fengyue, no wonder you asked your master to come help. This Jiang Yan... really is no ordinary man."
The temporary residence at Yu Long Sect, Zhu Fengyue's quarters.
Duanmu Hua, Great Elder of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Grounds, had arrived. Standing outside the window with his hands behind his back, he gazed toward Blazing Sun Peak, then slowly turned his eyes away and let out a sigh.
He truly hadn't expected that merely glancing toward Blazing Sun Peak's lineage out of curiosity would be enough for that young fellow to sense him.
That alone wasn't enough for him to fully determine Jiang Yan's strength, but he understood that Zhu Fengyue could never take the two Innate True Flames from Jiang Yan by herself.
"Oh?"
"Master, you saw it too."
Zhu Fengyue walked over slowly, her head bowed.
"Even you've judged him so highly, Master. It seems this fellow Daoist Jiang is even harder to deal with than I imagined."
Her master was, after all, the Great Elder of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Grounds, with an exceptionally discerning eye. An ordinary Great Dao Lord would be a one-in-a-billion genius in the outside world, yet Duanmu Hua wouldn't necessarily think much of one.
"This fellow Daoist Jiang is extraordinarily powerful, and his soul force is even more exceptional."
Duanmu Hua spoke slowly, his voice aged.
"Just now, I used my soul force to peer at him, but I hadn't expected him to sense something so keenly."
"Given his abilities, there's no way he could locate my True Body, but that kind of vigilance is already remarkable for someone at his level."
"Even some veteran Great Dao Lords are no better than him. If you faced him alone, I'm afraid you wouldn't come out ahead."
"So what?"
Zhu Fengyue didn't panic at his