Inside the private room, the shock on Lin Chang'an's face had long since turned to calm. Watching Huang Shaohai's departing figure, he sneered. Idiot.
He had been shocked, yes, but more than that, he had been putting on a show for the other man. Otherwise, who knew what Huang Shaohai might have done?
"Still, what Huang Shaohai said probably wasn't false."
Lin Chang'an frowned inwardly. After all, he was merely a rogue cultivator. His greatest source of confidence now was also Celestial Mystery City's protection.
"If True Person Lu was truly injured, then Su Miaoyin's Core Formation probably wouldn't go smoothly."
The title of First Loose Cultivator had been fought for with blood and steel. It was impossible for him to have no enemies, not to mention that rumors had long circulated through the Cultivation World that Black Turtle Lu True Person had obtained an Ancient Opportunity—a Secret Technique capable of cleansing Spiritual Roots and improving one's aptitude.
Moreover, even the Three Great Sects were likely eyeing such a Secret Technique like tigers watching their prey, greed written all over them.
If True Person Lu were still at his peak, with a Third-tier Late Stage Black Water Turtle at his side, ordinary Golden Core Cultivators naturally would not dare provoke him.
But now, if he truly had suffered grievous injuries and still needed to make arrangements for his descendant's Core Formation, who with any strength would not want to come up and take a bite?
"A Secret Technique that cleanses Spiritual Roots, and an Ancient Opportunity too. Truly tempting."
Lin Chang'an frowned. If that was the case, then wouldn't Celestial Mystery City's backing be unstable?
"So Huang Shaohai's purpose was to make me panic over this, destabilize my Dao heart. What vicious intentions."
Sure enough, these second-generation immortals from the