"That's right! We only came to look after we saw that blue light leave and stopped hearing explosions!"
"Senior! We really didn't do anything... please believe us!"
"Spare us, Senior!"
"...!"
At those words, the disciples all began talking over one another...
But!
Whoosh! Elder Du ignored them. Spiritual light suddenly flashed all over his body, and he soared straight into the sky in a Flying Escape, shooting off in the direction that disciple had indicated...
"Phew!" The disciples sighed in relief at the sight, each secretly wiping away cold sweat, their hearts still trembling with fear.
"That cultivator can use a Flying Escape without a Magic Artifact. Could he be a Golden Core Stage cultivator?" one disciple said.
"Yes! He must be a Golden Core Cultivator. Otherwise, how could his pressure have been so terrifying?" another said.
"Mm! Could Golden Core Cultivators have been fighting just now?"
"Right! Should we still go take a look?"
"Go if you want. I'm not going!"
"Coward!"
"You're the coward! If I hadn't thought on my feet and pointed that senior in a direction, you'd all have been done for!"
"Huh? You were lying to that old bastard?"
"I was wondering why I hadn't seen any blue light fly off into the sky!"
"No shit! If I hadn't tricked him into leaving, none of us would have lived...!"
"Come on, let's go! Let's hurry back to the market and report to the chief steward first!"
"All right!"
Those Red Market disciples could never have imagined that, in trying to save their own lives, they had indirectly done Wang Yan and Ye Shisan an enormous favor. Elder Du, however, was in for a miserable time...
Still chattering among themselves, they hurried back to the Red Market...
Meanwhile, as Elder Du shot off at