From the exchange between the two,
Xiao Tengshan seemed to piece together an answer.
The mysterious "senior brother from the Inner Sect" before him, so graceful and otherworldly, was actually just an Outer Disciple—a junior brother who had joined barely four years ago.
An Outer Disciple!?
Since when had they become this strong?
Before he could recover, Zhou Liang's next words left both him and Ming Yuke rooted to the spot.
With surprise and wonder in his voice, Zhou Liang slowly said, "Junior Brother Yu, you've broken through to Foundation Establishment?"
"I remember you hadn't reached Foundation Establishment when we parted."
"At this rate, your cultivation will catch up with mine before I know it."
His words drifted into the ears of everyone nearby.
Only then did Xiao Tengshan and Ming Yuke sense that this Junior Brother Yu seemed to have only just broken through to Foundation Establishment.
The Third Heavenly Ladder!
Across from them, Jingwei and her two companions finally realized that he was only at Foundation Establishment.
The same startled suspicion rose in all three hearts: could he be concealing his true cultivation?
Seeing Zhou Liang unharmed, Yu Ke finally let go of the worry hanging over him.
Zhou Liang, however, looked at his good friend. He recalled how Yu Ke had displayed his might and cowed everyone moments ago, then saw the shock on the faces around them.
He sighed. "If this is how it's going to be, you might as well not have come to save me."
Though Jingwei and her companions could not fathom Yu Ke's true strength, they had made up their minds. This was no place to linger; they had to retreat at once.
The sword strike Yu Ke had unleashed from so far away had been far too terrifying.
Even now, all