[In an instant, everything changed.]
[It happened too fast. Neither the Supreme Dharma Sect nor the Dragon Spring Sword Sect could react, and even the Blood Sea Demon Sect disciples were caught off guard.]
[Yao Xia and the others stared in shock. Li Luosheng had killed a fellow disciple for an outsider from Mount Fangcun—and one who was only the second disciple in the sect to reach the Dragon Court Realm!]
[Yue Yunqing lowered her gaze and said nothing.]
[The Blood Sea Demon Sect disciples showed surprise at first, but nothing more. To them, those above had always held the power of life and death over those below.]
[Now their gazes burned hotter as they looked at Li Luosheng. This Holy Son had struck like lightning and slain a Dragon Court cultivator in an instant. What strength! What authority!]
[You watched coldly, but saw a deeper reason.]
[Danling had another reason for killing that Dragon Court cultivator. The look the disciple had given Li Luosheng just now had plainly held a hint of suspicion.]
[Danling had merely seized the opportunity to eliminate a future threat.]
[Even the faintest danger had to be strangled in the cradle.]
[Your gaze shifted quietly to Yue Yunqing of the Supreme Dharma Sect. She knew Danling's true identity.]
[It seemed Danling intended to keep using Li Luosheng's identity. Given his nature, Yue Yunqing's chances inside the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury... looked grim.]
[Li Luosheng swept his gaze over the Blood Sea Demon Sect disciples, his voice icy. "Fellow Daoist Zhou is my friend. If anyone else dares show him disrespect, don't say I didn't warn you."]
[The Blood Sea Demon Sect disciples shuddered inwardly and bowed their heads in assent.]
[Nearby, Yue Yunqing took it all in, her eyes thoughtful.]
[The Dragon Spring Sword Sect disciples,