Drawing on Others' Strengths, Fusing Thunder and Fire; Three Acts of Kindness, Essence Blood Secured

Lin Changheng noticed the gazes falling on him one after another, and his brows immediately furrowed slightly.

His cool gaze first settled on Moon-Embracing True Person's face. He gave her a long look, unsettling her slightly.

Then his gaze shifted to Young Master Shi, who had looked toward him right after her.

Their eyes met.

Lin Changheng's eyes held nothing but calm indifference.

There was no provocation, no retreat, not even any deliberately displayed emotion. He simply looked at the other man calmly, as though looking at a tree by the roadside or a stone at the foot of a mountain.

He treated the sharpness, scrutiny, and condescension in Young Master Shi's eyes as though they did not exist.

Not a ripple stirred in his heart.

And that was only natural. Although the other man came from an impressive family, sheltered beneath the great tree of the Shi clan, whose roots ran deep in the Extreme South Palace, he was, in the end, merely a core formation early stage cultivator.

Had this not been the Extreme Mountain Immortal City, with all these eyes and ears present, Lin Chang reckoned he could kill him with a single sword strike.

It would take no more effort than blowing away a speck of dust.

After all, power that belonged to oneself was the true foundation of confidence. Family, background, connections, and the like were ultimately external things. In a genuine fight to the death, they were far less dependable than the treasure artifact in one's own hand.

Young Master Shi's brows tightened slightly.

He had clearly sensed the "indifference" in Lin Changheng's gaze. Not a deliberate pretense of indifference, but genuine, heartfelt unconcern.

It left him with a feeling he had never experienced before-discomfort.

In the Extreme South Palace and the Song Region,