Master Xuanming appeared before the crowd, his expression stern.
He rebuked everyone and dismissed them, while also helping Sword Three tend to his injuries.
Master Xuanming examined Sword Three's wounds and sharply sucked in a breath. He discovered that Mu Qing was several times stronger than he had imagined!
He turned and gave Mu Qing a deep look before leaving with Sword Three.
"Master Xuanming, just who is that guy?" Sword Three asked weakly. By now, his injuries had only barely recovered somewhat.
"A monstrous genius of the Dragonfolk. You'd better not provoke him. His physical strength alone is enough to beat you senseless," Master Xuanming said.
Sword Three opened his mouth, his expression hesitant, but no words came out.
"What is it?" Master Xuanming noticed Sword Three's odd behavior.
"No, it's nothing." Sword Three shook his head. He still remembered the crimson monster he had seen. He believed it had been Mu Qing, but after hesitating for a while, he decided not to tell Master Xuanming.
"You should go. You'll still need to take the field at the Three Realms Gathering before long," Master Xuanming said.
Sword Three wore a bitter expression. "Long Qing defeated me. I'm afraid it won't be long before he replaces me in the rankings."
He left dejectedly. Being defeated by a single punch had dealt a tremendous blow to his confidence.
Master Xuanming, meanwhile, gazed in the direction of Mu Qing's mountain peak, his eyes dark and thoughtful.
He had actually been keeping watch over Mu Qing all along. Even the ten high-grade divine stone veins beneath Mu Qing's mountain had been placed there by him.
Master Xuanming possessed the cultivation of an upper-stage Great Emperor. The instant Mu Qing occupied that ownerless mountain, he had acted and replaced the single mid-grade divine stone