Gao Tao had only managed to kill Lu Second Brother through sheer luck.
After exchanging a few harsh words with Elder Bai, he called for his brothers to retreat. "When immortals fight, us little ghosts shouldn't get involved."
However, as patrol inspectors, they could not retreat too far.
After all, they still had to stop others from entering this war zone.
It was rather embarrassing. As patrol inspectors, they could not stop a fight in the marketplace and could only bar others from passing through—how humiliating.
But they still had to do what needed to be done. If they did not stop people and even more died in the marketplace, that would be even more shameful.
Chief Steward Gao had seen the Lu brothers break through the encirclement, but by then he had already been quite far away, making it inconvenient for him to intervene. With so many adepts on the other side, it might not have been appropriate for him to force his way in.
Still, he secretly made up his mind. Just don't run onto my turf. If you do, I'll kill you without hesitation.
Just as he was thinking that, someone suddenly appeared beside him.
Chief Steward Gao truly did not know that Lu Second Brother had used two Minor Teleportation Talismans. Even Lu Eldest Brother had not known that his younger brother possessed such treasures—two of them, no less. Otherwise, the brothers would have fought among themselves first.
In any case, he had been on edge. When someone abruptly appeared beside him, he immediately drew the longsword at hand.
When he saw that it was Lu Second Brother, he slashed without a second thought, completely failing to notice the ice crystals on the man's body.
The ice crystals had actually been nothing more than a momentary