Chu Luohen calmly shifted his gaze away from the Grand Elder's face and continued forward without a change in expression.
This time, the Grand Elder was thoroughly enraged. "Stop right there!"
Though his voice was not particularly loud, this time it carried a divine sense attack. Had the disciple standing before him been below the Golden Core Stage, they would certainly have suffered serious injuries today. A Qi Refining Stage disciple might even have died.
But who was Chu Luohen? He was a gifted cultivator who kept his guard up against outside threats at all times. Even though he had never deliberately cultivated his divine sense, he was still an Out-of-Body cultivator.
A barrier immediately sprang up within Chu Luohen's sea of consciousness, reflecting the Grand Elder's attack back in its entirety.
The Grand Elder felt a buzzing in his sea of consciousness, followed by a sudden, violent surge of blood.
His eyes widened as he stared at the man who was still walking away, and for a long while, he did not open his mouth.
Blood had already flooded his mouth. The moment he spoke, it would trickle from the corners of his lips.
So many disciples were watching him, and many had only just greeted him respectfully. Naturally, he refused to suffer such a humiliation.
He merely shot Chu Luohen a vicious glare before leaving.
Afterward, it took him a long period of regulating his breathing to recover, but he also came to bear a bitter grudge against Chu Luohen.
He began secretly investigating everything about Chu Luohen. Only then did he learn that Chu Luohen came from Ice Veil Peak and belonged to the same faction as that reputation-seeking female cultivator.
Alongside his shame and anger, the Grand Elder's resentment grew.
So he was that Chu Luohen