"What an arrogant boy..."
Somewhere in the mountains, amid the interlaced branches and leaves of a towering ancient tree, a space like a meditation cushion seemed to have been deliberately carved out. Four people of entirely different temperaments and expressions occupied it, watching the figures vanish into the sky as they joked with one another.
"Gu Yao, saw that, didn't you? Never mind Yun Zimo—even Xiao Yan doesn't look weak..."
A man in silver robes, his expression frivolous, poked the man beside him, who sat cross-legged yet remained perfectly straight and proper.
The man called Gu Yao had handsome features, but he looked rather cold. His hair was woven with black and white, one slanting lock bound before his brow, adding a strange, chilling sharpness to his appearance.
Black Annihilation Army Asura Commander, Gu Yao!
"Take some pills to Elder Gu Shan. His injury was indeed my oversight..."
Gu Yao did not even open his eyes, merely saying this in an indifferent voice.
The silver-robed man curled his lip in boredom. The burly man beside him chuckled, clearly delighted to see him shut down.
"Big Brother, what do you think?"
The silver-robed man then asked the refined man in blue robes beside him, whose aura was gentle and mild.
"He's very strong!"
The blue-robed man slowly opened his eyes and looked toward some unseen depth of the sky, his profound gaze like a cold spring with no bottom. His tone was certain, yet held a faint, indescribable note.
"Very strong?!"
The other two cried out in surprise. Even Gu Yao's finger moved slightly, clearly shocked by such an evaluation.
"Even Big Brother says he's very strong..."
The frivolity in the silver-robed man's expression grew much more solemn.
"Don't provoke that boy. His mind runs deep..."
The blue-robed man warned them.