As Xiao Jin surveyed the battlefield, a figure suddenly appeared beside him.
Xiao Jin did not show much wariness. He knew who had arrived.
"Friend Xiao Jin!" Ancestor Tang Zhen looked extremely anxious, his chest heaving up and down. Clearly, the journey had taken a lot out of him.
Xiao Jin had not expected Tang Zhen to appear so quickly.
In fact, Tang Zhen could have arrived even sooner, but he did not have Xiao Jin's Soul Mark and naturally could not distinguish where Xiao Jin and the others had gone.
After returning to Blazing Flame Valley, he first settled his daughter, then asked Ancestor Fire Cloud to look after Tang Huo'er before returning to where the Nine Profound Golden Lightning had been.
However, by the time he returned, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning had already left, and the three of them had followed the direction of the Soul Mark to find Xiao Yi Xian.
Tang Zhen could only follow the energy traces left behind by the three of them all the way here.
Even then, he had taken a wrong turn along the way. If he had not been a Peak Five-Star Dou Zun with sufficient speed, Cai Lin and the other two might have finished fighting by the time he arrived.
Honestly, Xiao Jin had no issue with Tang Zhen's late arrival.
Even if Tang Zhen had merely arrived late—or had hidden nearby until Xiao Jin killed Bing He before appearing—Xiao Jin would not have found fault with him.
One should not forget that the prerequisite for cooperating with Blazing Flame Valley against Soul Hall was that he first help Ancestor Fire Cloud break through to Dou Saint.
As long as the other party honored the contract, there was nothing to criticize.
If Tang Zhen could proactively lend