Rain Beats the Plantains, Killing Intent Lurks on Every Side

When Lü Yinlin saw Duan Rong approaching, he immediately rose and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Duan, come, let me introduce you. This is Senior Brother Zhuang Tairu of the Divine Intent Gate. This is Senior Brother Li Ku of the Heavenly Evolution Sect."

Duan Rong cupped his fists. "Senior Brother Zhuang, Senior Brother Li, I have long heard your great names—they rang in my ears like thunder."

Zhuang Tairu and Li Ku had already released their Spiritual Sense, probing into Duan Rong's Dantian. Everywhere their Spiritual Sense passed, Duan Rong's Dantian appeared utterly empty.

The Nascent Soul itself was condensed from Spiritual Sense, beyond the reach of any Spiritual Sense Scan. More importantly, Zhuang Tairu and Li Ku discovered that there was not the slightest fluctuation of Law of Power within Duan Rong's Dantian.

Before coming here, they had both believed the news that Duan Rong had formed a Nascent Soul was entirely fake. Especially lately, as Zhu He had begun making forceful moves over the interests along the sect borders, they had become even more convinced that this was Taiyi Sect's chain of schemes.

Li Ku had a violent temper. He had gone straight to Zhuang Tairu and asked him to come to Taiyi Sect with him, intending to expose this plot. In Li Ku's words, going directly to Taiyi Sect and forcing Duan Rong to show himself was like striking straight at the Yellow Dragon and pulling the firewood from beneath the cauldron.

But now Duan Rong had truly appeared. After probing him with their Spiritual Sense, both men's expressions changed drastically, and they could not help exchanging a glance.

Li Ku had initially refused to believe the matter for another important reason: he had already investigated Duan Rong and learned that he was the man