Why were those two together?
Had they merely happened to pass by, or had they come for him?
Su Shi'er's thoughts stirred, and he instinctively prepared to avoid the two.
But before he could make a move, they suddenly quickened their pace and arrived before him in the blink of an eye.
"Do you two fellow cultivators have business with this humble scholar?"
Su Shi'er tilted his head, waving the folding fan in his hand and stirring up gusts of cool wind.
His expression remained calm and composed, as though light clouds drifted in a gentle breeze.
Since he could not avoid them, he could only see what they wanted.
"Impressive, fellow cultivator. You cleared the Three Trials of Heavenly Ascent with a single opportunity in one day."
The speaker wore a black Daoist robe. His face was youthful, yet his hair was white as a crane's feathers.
If not for that head of white hair, he looked no different from a youth of eighteen or nineteen.
Though his features were young and immature, his face was stern and resolute, as though carved by knives and axes.
His gaze was sharp yet weathered by time. With his head held slightly high, he exuded an arrogance and wild defiance that could not be concealed.
From this alone, it was clear that he was a proud man by nature.
Su Shi'er was no stranger to this man. He was Jun Duxing of the Tian Gang Sect, known throughout the Cultivation World as the Blazing Blade Maniac.
The last time they had traveled together in the Ancient God Ruins, Jun Duxing had only been at the late Spirit Severing stage when they parted ways.
Now, he had already reached the great perfection of the Spirit Severing stage, only one step away from entering