In a daze, Xu Yan lost consciousness completely.
Inside the dilapidated old temple, a bean-sized flame flickered, illuminating an aged, sinister face.
As he watched Golden Light Daoist's hunched figure draw closer, Xu Yan's expression changed drastically.
On Golden Light Daoist's orders, he had fetched a Spirit Herb for use in medicine. He had never expected the man to turn around and bind him, intending to use his essence blood as an ingredient.
"Be a good boy. If I hadn't taken pity on you and given you shelter, you would have frozen to death in the streets three years ago. I've raised you for three years now. It's time you repaid me."
With a sinister expression and a rasping cackle, Golden Light Daoist held the Fish Intestine Short Sword and made several gestures toward Xu Yan's neck.
Watching that figure draw ever closer, Xu Yan felt despair well up inside him.
"No!"
Golden Light Daoist's withered, twig-like fingers gripped the Fish Intestine Short Sword as he thrust it straight at him. Its sharp aura raised goosebumps all over Xu Yan's body.
Just as the Fish Intestine Short Sword was about to pierce his skin, a mocking look appeared on Xu Yan's face. "One careless moment, and I nearly fell into your trap. Now that I've awakened, today will be the day you die!"
As those words fell, the scene before him suddenly shattered.
Xu Yan was still sitting cross-legged on the second floor of the Sacred Pavilion, staring coldly at a spot on the third floor!
Had the Mysterious Green Pearl not warned him at the last moment, he would probably have perished, his life and cultivation extinguished.
Xu Yan was deeply shocked by the creature that had suddenly appeared on the Sacred Pavilion's third floor. Before studying this