"Brother Xu, what do we do?"
Under the pressure of Zhu Guang's gaze, Huang Xiu instinctively took half a step back. She hurriedly sent Ji Yuan a voice transmission.
After what had happened earlier, she was certain she was no match for Ji Yuan. Seeking his protection was her best choice now.
Ji Yuan had not expected another challenger to appear out of nowhere.
Judging by the strength Zhu Guang had shown when he killed Xing Jian, he was probably among the very best at the Golden Core Peak Stage.
But even so, he could not match Xun Tianji. He could not even match Xiao Xuan of the Black-and-White Divine Hall.
He fell short of them both.
To Ji Yuan, Zhu Guang might pose a little challenge, but not much.
"You weren't the one Xing Jian summoned, were you?"
Ji Yuan spoke in an even tone.
"Oh?"
Zhu Guang had not expected this man to speak to him so calmly at a time like this.
His opinion of Ji Yuan rose a notch.
After a moment's thought, he nodded. "No. I came here on my own. As for Xing Jian's Jade Sword Talisman, it summoned another junior brother. I killed him on the way here, too."
"What?!"
Huang Xiu cried out in shock. "Fellow Daoist Zhu, have you gone mad? They were your fellow disciples!"
"Hah!"
Zhu Guang sneered. "Fellow disciples? The fellow disciples who pinned me beneath Sword Cliff for a hundred years? In all that time, did any one of them come to see me?"
"Whenever my name came up, did anyone do anything but mock me? Don't talk to me about fellow disciples. What a joke!"
Zhu Guang gave Huang Xiu a long look. "For Fellow Daoist Zhou's sake, I'll leave you with one last piece of