After leaving the great hall, Xu Yan headed out of Ascendant City.
Towering waves of murderous intent had already surged through his heart. The ambush several years ago had left him hating those two to the marrow of his bones. Had the Mysterious Green Pearl not purged the corpse poison from his body at the crucial moment, he would likely have turned to ashes long ago.
I must kill those two!
Beneath his black robe, Xu Yan's expression was icy. Only after killing them both could he put his mind at ease.
Inside Separation Valley Market.
A short young man stood smiling broadly at a teenage rogue cultivator in front of his stall, politely trying to sell him a booklet containing basic knowledge of the Cultivation World.
Looking at the teenage rogue cultivator before him, he suddenly recalled hunting down another young rogue cultivator several years ago. The thought that he had never found that boy's corpse filled him with an inexplicable irritation.
"Have you finished looking? Why are you taking so long?" the short young man urged impatiently.
At his words, the teenage rogue cultivator's expression darkened. "Fellow Daoist, why are you so impatient when you're here to do business? I only stopped because you seemed friendly."
As he spoke, the teenage rogue cultivator put down the booklet in his hands.
"Get lost! Get the hell out!" The boy's words seemed to strike a nerve in the short young man, who immediately pointed at his nose and began shouting abuse.
The sudden abuse stunned the boy. He had wanted to talk back, but sensing the man's cultivation at the fourth layer of Qi Refining, he froze. After shooting him a fierce glare, he left the stall.
Watching the boy walk away, a trace of murderous intent appeared in