The people of Immortal Inquiry City had been drawn to Qin Huaian the moment he appeared.
When Qin Huaian killed the Immortal Venerable Late Stage cultivator from Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land with a single move and saved the old man in the Void Refinement Realm, many cultivators looked at him with mixed feelings.
Even those who had hoped Qin Huaian would not come here to die felt a strange surge of excitement at the sight of him.
"See that, Sister Mo? Senior Qin really came! I knew he wouldn't abandon those Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples. He must have spent all this time doing everything he could to find a way!" The young man surnamed Zheng was beside himself with excitement.
This was the Qin Huaian they believed in! Even if those disciples had yet to become immortals, he would not abandon them.
It also fit their image of the gifted young man who had selflessly shared his cultivation technique.
Most of these people knew little about Qin Huaian, but that had not stopped them from painting a portrait of him in their minds.
Now many of them added another stroke to that portrait: loyal to his people and unafraid of death.
Of course, perhaps they did not care much about what Qin Huaian was truly like. As long as his actions roughly matched the figure they had made of him, that was enough.
Inside a building in Immortal Inquiry City, Liu Qing sprang to his feet and flew high into the air. When he saw that Qin Huaian had indeed appeared at Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's compound, confusion filled his face.
In the message he had sent Qin Huaian, Liu Qing had stressed again and again that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land was well prepared this time. It might even