Both sides remained restrained and silent, neither making a move.
Zhang Shuai did not act because Immortal Maiden Su Chen had once shown him kindness. Although a rift had formed between them after his cultivation of the Blood-Battle Heaven-Piercing Art was exposed, and although the other two elders of the Burial Heaven Pavilion had even joined the Heaven-Patrolling Hall in hunting him down, one matter was one matter. So long as Immortal Maiden Su Chen did not attack him, Zhang Shuai found it difficult to repay kindness with enmity by taking the initiative against her.
As for why the four from the Burial Heaven Pavilion did not dare act, it was naturally because they were wary.
By now, Zhang Shuai's prestige in the Primordial World had grown ever greater. He was universally acknowledged as the number one expert of the Primordial World. Even though the Burial Heaven Pavilion had four people on its side, when facing Zhang Shuai, numbers were no longer of any use.
And since Zhang Shuai had appeared here, his purpose was clearly only one: the Netherworld Other Shore Flower that was about to mature.
Immortal Maiden Su Chen was the first to speak. "Zhang... Fellow Daoist Zhang, for the sake of our past friendship, could you give us some face and refrain from competing with my Burial Heaven Pavilion for this Netherworld Other Shore Flower?"
Her words left Zhang Shuai silent for a moment. By all rights, Immortal Maiden Su Chen had shown him kindness. Back in the Primordial World-Severing Valley, she had risked her life to save him. The two had fought side by side against their enemies and faced Junhao together.
But later, after the news of his cultivation of the Blood-Battle Heaven-Piercing Art spread, he had been regarded as an aberration by every