Night fell, and the temperature plummeted.
Outside Jianye City's northern outskirts, beneath a large tree, Liu Yiyang kept looking at the tall figure ahead of him. Chu He stood with his hands behind his back, dressed in black fitted clothes, motionless as a massive mountain. Confusion filled Liu Yiyang's eyes.
Chu He was certainly strong, but could he really compare to an old expert like Li Shuangcheng, who had immersed himself in the Furnace Realm for years?
Instead of honestly reporting to the Armor Forging Hall, he had actually arranged to meet him alone. This was simply courting death, utterly incomprehensible.
"Why hasn't that old toad arrived yet?"
Chu He frowned, clearly displeased by the old man's lateness.
"Perhaps something came up..."
"Forget it, forget it. He's an old fossil—maybe he has to gasp twice after taking one step. Waiting a little longer won't hurt."
Liu Yiyang's expression twitched. He said nothing more and retreated to the side.
"Right."
After a while, Chu He suddenly turned to Liu Yiyang, heat rising in his eyes. "I heard a rare blood beast appeared in the northern outskirts. Do you know where it came from? What use does it have?"
"I..."
At those words, Liu Yiyang inexplicably shuddered. Seeing Chu He's interest in the blood beast, he instinctively shifted his feet and put some distance between them. Forcing a smile, he said, "I don't know its origins, but the master ordered us not to interfere in that matter, so we didn't dare think too much about it."
"I see."
Chu He gave up questioning him and turned to look north.
Blood beasts were rare beings. It was said they were aberrant species born from the diluted bloodlines of ancient divine beasts. Their numbers were scarce, and every one of them was powerful. The