"Brother Luo, we should stay here! We're both getting on in years. Knowing Ye Fan is safe and sound is enough."
Their decision did not surprise Luo Yan in the slightest. He took out several life-extending herbs and handed them to the two.
"Stay alive and well. Once Ye Fan has mastered his studies, he'll surely come back for you!"
"Brother Luo, when will that be?"
"Give him twenty years. You'll live to see the day!" Luo Yan smiled, then turned and brought out his Puppet body. With a horse and a donkey in tow, he vanished along the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
His true purpose in coming to Earth this time had been to meet the four fellow cultivators hidden here at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm-Great Emperors of the Human Race from ages past.
Unfortunately, they seemed unwilling to meet him, so he could only let the opportunity slip by this time.
But Luo Yan was not discouraged. There was still time!
Somewhere in a ruined site in Yan Land, in the Southern Region of the Eastern Wasteland on the Big Dipper.
An Ancient Palace flickered in and out of view within a volcanic crater, as though about to emerge into the world. It shone brilliantly, like a priceless treasure!
Two groups stood facing off outside the crater.
"Humans, you've gone too far! The Primordial Ruins were divided in two. You occupy Lingxu Cave Heaven, yet now you've come to our Demon Race's territory to fight over an immortal treasure trove. Are you trying to start a war with us?
"The Demon Emperor was on good terms with the Human Race in his day. Had he known your Human Race would bully us so outrageously, he would never have agreed to stand together with you!" a