Jade Pendant

Song Qingyuan said nothing. He merely stared fixedly at the approaching crowd, the contempt in his eyes blatant, as if to say: So what if you came?

Yes!

So what if they had come? His inheritance had already ended. All that remained was to merge himself into the Immortal Mansion's formation and take control of the entire Bright God Sect. He no longer feared anything.

"Are we really just going to leave like this?" The shy smile vanished from Ruan Shizhi's face. This youth, who resembled the boy next door, now had icy eyes as he stared intently at Song Qingyuan on the altar.

He could accept defeat, and he could choose to leave. But as one of heaven's favored, he could not endure Song Qingyuan's condescending, mocking gaze, as though all his efforts were nothing more than a joke.

Lin Chuan glanced at Ruan Shizhi and fell into thought.

When they had first met in the Scripture Repository, Ruan Shizhi had not been on good terms with him. In fact, under those circumstances, Ruan Shizhi had practically stood against Lin Chuan. Yet Lin Chuan could also see that he was someone worth befriending deeply, because he was a gentleman.

The challenge in the Scripture Repository had been because Ruan Shizhi genuinely wanted to compete with Lin Chuan, not because he wished to kick someone when they were down. That had become clear in the battles afterward. Ruan Shizhi had not only refrained from attacking Lin Chuan again, but had even helped him quite a bit. That was also why Lin Chuan had informed Ruan Shizhi when he came to this core area.

No matter what it was, this person would lay it out in the open rather than stab someone in the back. Lin Chuan could see that, which