It was precisely because of this...
Only then did Cheng Buzheng appear as Venerable Peach Blossom, saving Cheng Changyuan at that critical moment.
Elsewhere.
Seeing that Venerable Peach Blossom did not reply, but instead looked at him with a gentle expression, Cheng Changyuan—
In an instant, a chill of dread spread through his heart.
After all!
There were almost no truly good people in the Cultivation World!
And even if there were, they were only rookies who had just set foot on the path of cultivation.
The deeper one's cultivation, the harder one's heart, and the fiercer and more ruthless one became.
Thus, in the Cultivation World, even when a senior appeared kind and approachable, one had to prepare for the worst.
Because the other party was very likely plotting against you.
Even if, on the surface, you did not seem to have suffered any losses...
There would absolutely be a bottomless pit waiting ahead to bury you.
With age comes cunning!
That was definitely no joke.
Which senior with profound cultivation had not lived through long years? What kind of affair had they not encountered?
One could even say that such old monsters were nearly all masters of schemes and calculations.
There could be no such thing as kindness without reason.
This was also common knowledge in the Cultivation World.
For this very reason, although Cheng Changyuan was deeply grateful to Venerable Peach Blossom for saving him, it did not stop him from raising his guard to the utmost and remaining wary of the other party.
Of course, the gap between them was far too great; mere vigilance would not be enough to accomplish anything.
Suddenly.
A thought surfaced in his mind.
Could it be that this senior is interested in the puppet and the Jade Talisman as well?