To evade the search of the Black Mountain Cult Leader, a Golden Core Stage great cultivator, Ye Han had risked hiding inside this massive tree. He had pushed his feigned-death concealment technique to its limit to avoid the man, stopping his heartbeat and the flow of his blood.
He dared not let even a breath escape, much less peek or eavesdrop on the outside. At the slightest stir, that terrifying Golden Core Stage great cultivator would discover him.
Although this was extremely dangerous, with a considerable chance of discovery, fleeing would certainly leave him unable to escape the Golden Core Stage great cultivator's pursuit...
Having sealed off every trace of his aura, Ye Han could neither hear the sounds outside nor see what was happening...
Yet this astonishing crustal tremor jolted Ye Han awake even from his state of feigned death...
His heart filled with terror. He thought that damned Black Mountain Cult Leader was leveling the entire area to search for him...
Should I flee again?
With that thought, Ye Han quietly restored a sliver of his hearing.
All he heard were voices complaining.
"Damn it! The Cult Leader and the Young Master went over there, while we're stuck wasting time here! Damn it!"
"Stop complaining. It might be even more dangerous over there. Wouldn't we just be cannon fodder if we went?"
"How do you think that damned Ye Han escaped the Cult Leader's pursuit?"
"How would I know?"
"Damn it! How is that bastard so capable? If even the Cult Leader can't find him, how are we supposed to?"
Upon hearing those complaints, Ye Han immediately sealed his hearing again, lest they discover him eavesdropping.
But what they had said left Ye Han more than a little astonished. Their conversation suggested that this sudden crustal tremor and