Zhang Yuan fought Wenren Shangzhi, then left in pursuit of Qin Tianyi, leaving behind a devastated Celestial Person battlefield.
After the three departed, a hazy figure appeared in the clearing without warning. His entire form resembled flickering firelight. Looking up at Zhang Yuan's golden escape light, he lightly tapped a folding fan against his palm, seemingly deep in thought.
"[Penetrating Heaven's Subtleties]... quite a formidable mystic wonder. But now I can rest easy."
As the hazy figure muttered to himself, his identity became clear.
He was none other than the benevolent, generous proprietor of the [Eastern Sunken Pavilion]-[True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts].
When Zhang Yuan emerged from seclusion, he had hastily laid his plans, immediately inducing Wenren Shangzhi, Deng Qiuzhi, and Lu Danyan, three cultivators at celestial person perfection, to assassinate Zhang Yuan.
He had no other aim.
He merely wanted to probe what means Xiao Yuanjun had given Zhang Yuan before leaving.
He was not particularly wary of newly ascended lower-position or middle-position True Lords, but a True Lord of the superior golden position, [Great Beginning String], warranted some probing.
Especially since that brat Zhang Yuan was hardly an honest fellow. He had probably been itching to catch him and sink his teeth into him for ages. He truly had to stay on guard.
Now that he knew Zhang Yuan had acquired a new mystic wonder, however, he could rest easy.
[Penetrating Heaven's Subtleties] was indeed an exceptionally powerful mystic wonder, capable of greatly enhancing Zhang Yuan's strength. His borrowing Xiao Yuanjun's mystic wonder just now and single-handedly fighting Wenren Shangzhi, who had reached celestial person perfection, for several exchanges without losing was proof enough.
But that was the extent of it.
However powerful a Celestial Person's mystic wonder might be, it could not threaten a True Lord.