Lu Chaosheng had not only ordered the Shang Family to keep watch on Osmanthus Fragrance Mountain, but had also planted his own spies outside it. Today, upon receiving word of unusual activity there, he had come from Flowery City to visit the Shang Family.
What he had not expected, however, was this.
He was still too late. By the time he reached the Shang Family estate, it was already deserted, with only the Shang Family patriarch and Shang Jianghuai remaining. And now Shang Jianghuai was calling out to him.
Whether anyone remained in the Shang Family did not matter. Neither did its patriarch or Shang Jianghuai. What mattered was the white-robed cultivator surrounded by Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasures.
A Celestial Person of the Sha Ingestion Gang Devoration Path!
As a Personal Disciple of the Grand Hua Jade Heaven Sect, Lu Chaosheng had at least that much discernment. At a glance, he recognized that Zhang Yuan was neither a cultivator of the Beyond-the-World Qi Refining Path nor of the Qi Sea Uniting Spirit Dao, but an Earth Immortal from the Central Demon Realm.
"Damn it, what's that useless fool shouting for?"
Lu Chaosheng gritted his teeth. Without the slightest hesitation, he ignored Shang Jianghuai's calls, formed a hand seal, and deployed several Talisman Artifacts, turning into a streak of light as he fled through the sky.
Had this been a high-level cultivator of the Beyond-the-World Qi Refining Path or the Qi Sea Uniting Spirit Dao, that would have been one thing. With the Grand Hua Jade Heaven Sect's influence behind him and his own Spirit Transformation cultivation, he would have had nothing to fear. But the man before him was a Celestial Person of the Sha Ingestion Gang Devoration Path.
That made this an entirely different situation. He had to flee at