"You jest, Grand Elder Liu." The Manor Lord laughed heartily. "Now that everything is out in the open, it is actually a good thing for everyone."
"Indeed. Obtaining the Longevity Pill Manual will still require us to work together. What any one person possesses alone is not enough," Leng Guhan said.
"Is that Longevity Pill Manual really so miraculous?" Baili Zhen said. "Plenty of things in this world are deliberately shrouded in mystery. Mind that the higher your hopes, the greater your disappointment."
"Baili Zhen, you have nothing at all. Being allowed to remain here is already a stroke of fortune for you, yet you keep making snide remarks. What is the meaning of this?" Fan Liya said coldly.
"Well, well, you thing that looks neither human nor ghost-what was your name again?" Baili Zhen stared at Fan Liya. "Oh, Fan Liya of the Ghost Spirit Sect, was it? If you have a problem with me, let your fists do the talking."
Fan Liya was immediately at a loss for words. Although he had had little dealings with Baili Zhen before, he had heard some of the rumors about him.
Baili Zhen was an outright madman who fought without any regard for his own life.
Yet he was also immensely powerful. Back then, any opponent he set his sights on would lose a layer of skin even if they survived.
Seeing Fan Liya shrink back somewhat, Baili Zhen gave a derisive laugh. "I fought your senior brother Yan Youwang back then. He was someone worth reckoning with, unlike a coward like you. Why hasn't Yan Youwang come?"
Everyone present looked somewhat strange at Baili Zhen's words.
By now, they all knew something of the inside story concerning Yan Youwang.
But Baili Zhen was on his own and was not so