"Senior Brother Hou Ping?"
When Shen Changchuan returned to the front of his cultivation cave dwelling, he found that a figure had long since been waiting outside it.
After drawing a little closer, Shen Changchuan recognized him.
It was none other than Hou Ping, the personal disciple of Ten Thousand Blade Peak whom he had met earlier!
"Junior Brother Changchuan, it's been a year. Have you been well lately?"
At Shen Changchuan's greeting, Hou Ping also turned to look at him and replied with a smile.
"Thanks to Senior Brother's blessing, all is well."
"May I ask why Senior Brother has come? Is there some urgent matter?"
"Haha, can't I come by and chat with you for a bit if there's nothing going on?"
"With Senior Brother honoring me by coming here, I'm naturally delighted. The only reason I asked that way was because I was afraid of delaying Senior Brother's important business."
"Heh, I won't tease you anymore."
"Actually, it's nothing much. I just discovered traces of Situ Yuan's aura earlier, and I was afraid he might do something unfavorable to you, so I rushed over at the first moment."
"Only after I arrived did I discover that traitor had already left, and then I learned that you had gone to the Scripture Pavilion. So I simply waited for you here."
"Junior Brother Changchuan, that traitor didn't do anything to you, did he?"
Returning to the main topic, Hou Ping's expression grew serious. The way he looked at Shen Changchuan also carried a trace of worry.
"Senior Brother, don't worry. Nothing happened. I imagine Situ Yuan wouldn't dare cause any trouble inside Ten Thousand Blade Peak. The reason he came here seemed only to be to tell me about the situation in Southern Yue."
Thoughts turned briefly in Shen