Ning Xiaochuan glanced faintly at Princess Lanfei and said, "Allies!"
Yu TianDi nodded in understanding.
Just as everyone thought the disturbance was about to settle, a man carrying a Heavy Sword stepped out from the crowd. His strides were steady; with every step he took, a footprint was left on the ground.
As his footsteps sounded, the heartbeats of every martial artist present actually synchronized with his. Only someone whose cultivation had reached an extremely profound level could create such an aura.
He walked all the way to Princess Lanfei, his gaze calm, and said icily, "Hand over the Ancient Pill Cauldron!"
The words were quite calm, yet exceptionally forceful.
If anyone else had said such words to Princess Lanfei, everyone would certainly have thought him mad. But when he spoke them, he instead gave off an immense sense of oppression! This man was the mysterious man Ning Xiaochuan had encountered on the mountain path, named Ming Yang, whose cultivation was unfathomably deep.
"Why should I give the Ancient Pill Cauldron to you?" Princess Lanfei held the crimson cauldron in her palm. A natural pride radiated from her as she stared straight at Ming Yang without the slightest trace of fear.
Although she had been refined into a Half Corpse Slave, she still retained her memories, and her bearing had not changed.
Ming Yang said steadily, "Because I possess the power to kill you."
Although Ming Yang had not made a move, every martial artist present could vaguely sense that he was extremely powerful. Yet as for exactly how powerful he was, no one could say. Yu TianDi put away the bag containing the Black Fire Wood Pearls, then turned and left.
His relationship with Ning Xiaochuan and Princess Lanfei was merely a transaction of interests, not an alliance of