In a certain sense, Old Smoky Ghost, Liang Chengshan, and Elder Liu were all the same kind of people.
Only Old Smoky Ghost was more wicked and more cruel than the other two.
"Hiss...!"
After stuffing the pipe bowl full of "tobacco," Old Smoky Ghost took a long drag and said with a satisfied expression:
"Ah, that feels good..."
As he spoke, he raised his tobacco pipe and took another long drag in enjoyment, seemingly intent on smoking the entire bowl dry.
Yet even though Old Smoky Ghost appeared completely unguarded at that moment, Elder Liu still did not dare strike.
Watching this, Xu Taiping was filled with reflection and thought to himself:
Sure enough, every villain has another villain to grind him down.
Seeing Old Smoky Ghost smoke all the "tobacco" in the bowl, Xu Taiping finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Knowing Old Smoky Ghost very well, he understood that before smoking, Old Smoky Ghost's strength was at most at minor achievement of the Transformation Realm.
He had only managed to injure Elder Liu of Biyou Palace because he had Ghost Power to aid him and had struck by surprise.
After smoking, however, Old Smoky Ghost's power would increase enormously.
Moreover, according to the Ghost Gods Diagram's description, any strength Old Smoky Ghost gained outside the painting would not disappear when he returned inside.
Boom...!
Just as Xu Taiping had expected, after Old Smoky Ghost finished that bowl, the fluctuations of his aura abruptly surged.
Sensing those fluctuations, Elder Liu was first startled, then furious.
"So your cultivation is only at Heaven Gazing Realm Minor Achievement!"
From the surging fluctuations of Old Smoky Ghost's aura, Elder Liu finally discovered his true cultivation. Feeling that he had just been toyed with, he immediately activated the Immortal Treasure Jade Gourd