Gu Changdao and Sun Houde, who had yet to act, exchanged glances and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
They had been about to strike, but the moment they saw Ye Han make his move, they stopped.
Before they entered, both the Fourth Elder and the Seventh Elder had placed great importance on Ye Han...
Ye Han clearly had the lowest cultivation among them, yet not only had he been sent to take part in this mission to the Darkness Forbidden Ground,
He had also been entrusted with a crucial task. In truth, aside from Qin Minghui, the other three-Gu Changdao, Sun Houde, and Lin Hongyan-had not thought much of him.
Sun Houde's remarks in particular had made that plain.
Ye Han knew this too. Among cultivators, strength commanded respect, and most judged one another's standing by their cultivation.
Ye Han was at the peak of the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Realm, a considerable distance below their perfected twelfth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
However, their upcoming mission in the Darkness Forbidden Ground would take quite some time, and unlike Qin Minghui, Ye Han had no formidable background to make others wary.
Nor was he a Qi Refining Realm cultivator at full perfection. As they traveled together, the others were bound to look down on him.
That was why Ye Han had unleashed the sword formation of the Qing Xuan Sword Technique with the speed of thunder striking before anyone could cover their ears, instantly slaying the demonized cultivator at the eleventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
He was showing them that his strength was far greater than his outward appearance suggested. During the rest of the mission, they would at least respect him and listen to his opinions.
Sure enough.
After Ye Han gave