"This isn't trouble."
"This is called having too many challengers who came admiring my reputation. I have to give them a chance to behold my magnificence."
His tone was relaxed, as though those Tribulation Transcendence powerhouses lurking in the shadows were merely ordinary people craning their necks by the roadside to watch the excitement.
Liu Ruyan was so exasperated by his demeanor that she laughed.
"You really don't know the meaning of restraint."
The two walked side by side down the brightly lit street. Cultivators around them hurriedly made way, casting looks of reverence or curiosity their way.
The auras locked onto Chen Changqing not only did not diminish, but grew more numerous and increasingly brazen.
Several of them made no effort to conceal their killing intent and greed.
Fifty million top-grade spirit stones.
That number was enough to drive any Tribulation Transcendence ancestor mad.
Not to mention the mysterious treasure box that not even a Heavenly Monarch could open.
In their eyes, Chen Changqing was no longer a person, but a mobile treasure vault without a Mountain Protection Array.
After taking a few steps, Chen Changqing suddenly stopped.
He turned to Liu Ruyan, and the teasing look on his face faded somewhat.
"Senior Sister, go back to Mount Shu first."
Liu Ruyan's brows drew together.
"What did you say?"
"I said, go back to Shu Mountain Sacred Land by yourself first."
Chen Changqing repeated himself. His tone was calm, yet brooked no argument.
Liu Ruyan gripped the hilt of the sword at her waist.
"I'm not leaving."
"There are too many of them. If I stay, I can help share the pressure."
She knew very well that the people watching from the shadows were not merely from the Yinyue Holy Dynasty and the Great Chu Dynasty.
Wealth stirred men's