Snow-white robes, hands clasped behind his back, he stood suspended in the air.
Chu Yang stood quietly beneath the heavens, not a trace of aura leaking from his body, as though he were an ordinary mortal.
Yet it was precisely this ordinariness that made everyone present feel a suffocating pressure.
Li Lei's pupils abruptly contracted as countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
Chu Yang!
Why was he here?
No!
This was not Chu Yang. This was Tu Fei!
But that face, that aura—it was clearly Chu Yang, the man who had caused the entire Nine Li Dynasty endless trouble!
"Y-you... who are you?" Li Lei forcefully suppressed the shock in his heart and demanded in a low voice.
Chu Yang slowly lowered his head. His gaze swept across everyone present before finally settling on Li Lei.
"Grand Consecrator Li Lei, it's only been a few days since we parted, hasn't it?" A teasing smile curled across his lips. "And you've already forgotten me, old man?"
Li Lei's heart jolted. That voice...
It truly was Tu Fei's!
But that face was unmistakably Chu Yang's!
"Who exactly are you?" Li Lei demanded again, his voice already trembling slightly.
Ye Fan and Big Black Dog exchanged a glance, each seeing the same astonishment in the other's eyes.
How had Tu Fei turned into Chu Yang?
Could it be...
A bold conjecture took shape in Ye Fan's mind, but he quickly shook his head. It was simply too unbelievable.
Chu Yang did not answer Li Lei's question. He merely walked down from the sky at an unhurried pace. Every step he took seemed to land on everyone's hearts.
"Grand Consecrator Li Lei, our deal in Southern Ancient City last time went quite pleasantly, didn't it?" he said as he walked, his tone as casual