The young man who had appeared so suddenly and vanished just as abruptly left Lu Feng utterly baffled. He almost wondered whether he had imagined the whole thing.
"I've got it!" Sun Jiuyang suddenly exclaimed beside him.
"Got what?" Lu Feng asked in confusion.
Sun Jiuyang pointed at the now-empty rock. "I know who he was!"
"Who?"
Lu Feng hurried to ask. Naturally, he wanted to know the identity of someone whose strength was so unfathomable. Sun Jiuyang looked at him and said, "The Panshen Heavenly Palace Palace Master!"
The name stunned Lu Feng for a moment, then he rolled his eyes at Sun Jiuyang. "Bullshit. I raised hell in the Panshen Heavenly Palace. If he were its palace master, wouldn't he have captured me? Why would he say there was no conflict of interest between us?"
At Lu Feng's objection, Sun Jiuyang frowned again. "That's true! But he said some people he'd been protecting now wanted to seek someone else's backing. Wasn't he talking about the Five Qi Mystic Sects?"
"The Five Qi Mystic Sects have never attended the Flat Peach Banquet before. Their intentions in coming this time are plain as day.
"Who else could someone protecting the Five Qi Mystic Sects, with such unfathomable strength, be but the Panshen Heavenly Palace Palace Master?"
After Sun Jiuyang explained it that way, Lu Feng scratched his head. It did seem to make sense.
"Forget it. Anyway, I've already tried to talk you out of it. Go in if you want. I'm leaving! My life's too fragile to play this game with you." With that, Sun Jiuyang prepared to leave.
"Wait!" Lu Feng sighed. "I won't go in, but there's no need to leave either. We'll have to come back once the Flat Peach Banquet begins anyway. We might as