Though the killing intent Jiao Hong released in the distance vanished almost as soon as it appeared, Chen Jianqing still sensed it.
"Who is that? Why did he suddenly want to kill me?" Chen Jianqing kept walking, his guard up and his eyes flickering.
His first thought was of the Teng Family and the Shi Family.
Qin Hao had killed Shi Bin in public in Heavenly Splendor City. Teng Keshu had said it was a grudge between the Shi Family and Qin Hao.
But no one could be sure Teng Zhenfeng would not send an assassin after Chen Jianqing. And he no longer trusted Teng Keshu at all.
As for the Shi Family, the deaths of Shi Xiu and Shi Bin were both connected to him. If he ran into a member of the Shi Family, they would most likely not let him go.
He soon dismissed the thought, however. If his guess were right, that killing intent would not have vanished in a flash.
They would have come straight for him without hesitation!
"Forget it. Maybe he was just passing by. Whatever the case, there are plenty of Saint Martial Grandmasters in the Skyward Gang Relic. I need to be careful."
Chen Jianqing glanced over. Jiao Hong was already far away. He sharpened his vigilance and continued toward the Skyward Gang Relic.
Chen Jianqing did not know that Qin Hao was also on his way to the Skyward Gang Relic. The journey from the Hundred Immortals Palace was far from short, though, and required crossing the Five Elements Sect's territory.
Even at Qin Hao's speed, it would take a day or two.
Before long, Chen Jianqing reached the interior of the Skyward Gang Relic. In truth, its "interior" was merely a vast valley.
Low Mountain Peaks surrounded it on