Yang Chen could naturally see the faint displeasure on their faces. Though they concealed it well, at his current cultivation, his ability to read expressions and observe subtleties was no longer what it had once been.
Moreover, the few of them had not deliberately concealed it completely.
He knew that his words had probably stirred some anger in them. As for the reason, he could guess it more or less.
This left him secretly helpless. He had not thought so much about it, because he had indeed spoken the truth. He truly was accustomed to traveling alone. Joining a team was simply unnecessary to him.
Now that they were pressing him so aggressively, Yang Chen could only answer truthfully, "I have Level Five Merit."
Upon hearing this, Hu Kui and the other four, who had originally intended to mock and make things difficult for Yang Chen, all showed slight changes in expression. Their original intention in saying those things had been to ridicule Yang Chen in return. After all, a mere Level Four Merit cultivator who had just entered Dragon Pattern Mountain—what right did he have to act so arrogantly?
If you were a dragon, you had to coil up; if you were a tiger, you had to lie down.
Who would have thought that Yang Chen was so remarkable, his merit having reached Level Five? Their team had remained here for tens of thousands of years, yet only three of them possessed Level Four Merit. Hu Kui alone had reached Level Five Merit.
Hu Kui's face showed some embarrassment. Instinctively, he felt that Yang Chen was lying, but such a matter was easy to verify. Yang Chen had no reason to lie, because if it were exposed, where would he put his face?
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