Wang Peng.
From the very beginning, as a wild kid who had come out of the mountains and married the eldest daughter of Rong King Manor, he had endured others' disdain and every kind of contempt. The cultivators of Rong King Manor were each more overbearing than the last. Thus, whenever something happened, they almost reflexively assumed it was because of Rong Yan.
Yet the man before him had actually said that he was the strongest genius, one in a million!
This feeling... this unprecedented feeling of being valued so highly made his heart churn, and for a moment, he had no idea how to respond.
It was the first time he had felt such undisguised regard. It was also the first time he felt he could hold his head high before Rong Yan.
"Senior..." At this point, if he still could not see that this man was a peerless senior expert, then he would have lived all these years in vain.
"Senior, you weren't joking?" Suppressing the tremor in his heart, he steadied himself.
Lin Xin gestured for the little jade fox behind him to gather Yu Rong's scattered belongings and find a Storage Crystal among them, which she put away.
"I never joke." He shook his head. "It seems you were being hunted by that Rong King Manor?"
"Senior's eyes are truly as sharp as a torch." Wang Peng hurriedly replied. Then he seemed to think of something, his eyes locking tightly onto Lin Xin as though he had glimpsed hope.
Sure enough, Lin Xin pondered for a moment.
"If you have nowhere to go, I happen to be planning to attend the Dao Canon Assembly. You may come with me."
"Thank you, Senior, for taking us in!" The three were instantly overjoyed. They had been hounded relentlessly