The Anxious One

High above the Endless Sea!

A streak of light shot through the clouds!

In the blink of an eye, it had crossed a stretch of sea!

That streak of light was the Heaven Escaping Boat!

It was now nearing the edge of the land.

Inside the central control room.

Xu Hao and Cheng Buzheng sat at the tea table, chatting.

Suddenly, as if something had occurred to him, Xu Hao changed the subject and said:

"Junior Brother Cheng, you'll have to be careful of the cultivators from the Green Wood Sect and the North Azure Sect at this Golden Core Celebration Banquet!"

"Especially the cultivators from the Green Wood Sect."

Xu Hao sounded quite concerned.

At this,

Cheng Buzheng furrowed his brow and asked:

"Senior Brother, what do you mean?"

After spending some time with him,

whether it was the logic behind his words, his manner of speaking, or his tone,

Cheng Buzheng had seen enough to know that Xu Hao was a cautious man.

So Xu Hao would never make baseless claims. There had to be another reason behind his warning.

Likewise,

Xu Hao wouldn't have reminded him out of pure kindness.

Earlier, Xu Hao had tried to lead him in circles. Though he'd seemed completely unconcerned on the surface, he surely hadn't been happy about it. He was even less likely to repay a grievance with kindness and uphold the bonds between fellow disciples.

So Xu Hao had to be after something!

"Junior Brother, you may not know this."

Xu Hao sighed faintly and said,

"Our sect and the Green Wood Sect and North Azure Sect are all immortal sects, and we're all within Jin Kingdom's borders. After so many years, there's bound to have been some friction."

"But it's always been kept among the lower-level cultivators."

"Originally,