The man had never been kindhearted. Otherwise, he would not have tacitly agreed to the others' terms earlier and lured the wraiths into attacking Su Jiu and her companions.
Since this woman's ambitions were so grand, why not grant her wish?
If he had guessed correctly, the breathtaking beauty among that group was Su Jiu, the renowned genius of the Azure Mist Continent.
Yet the woman beside him clearly knew nothing of this.
With her aptitude, she wanted to join the Azure Tide Sect? She would have better luck dreaming.
As far as he knew, the Azure Tide Sect did not accept disciples above the Golden Core Stage at all. After all, disciples raised from childhood were the most loyal to their sect.
In truth, this was not unique to the Azure Tide Sect. Many first-rate sects followed the same practice.
Cultivators at the Golden Core Stage and Nascent Soul Realm required vast amounts of resources. They had also spent a long time gaining experience in the outside world, and their dispositions were all but set.
No major sect liked taking the risk of accepting a highly cultivated disciple who might harbor ulterior motives, only to have to provide them with abundant resources.
For a sect, the risk was simply too great.
After all, even disciples they had raised from childhood could betray them, let alone a rogue cultivator joining halfway through their journey.
Yet this female cultivator seemed never to have considered any of that.
At the end of the passage stood a door. It was enormous and appeared to be made from a special ore.
Scratches marked the ground around the stone door. Clearly, someone had already opened it.
An intricate totem was carved into the door's surface.
The totem depicted a ferocious beast, much like those