"Stop!" Lu Wang hastily barked, reaching out to stop Jin Yi, but his hand was a beat too slow.
Whether Jin Yi had walked too quickly or he had deliberately been a beat too slow was unclear.
Just as Jin Yi had said, Lu Wang himself wanted to know whether Tu Zhangyuan was alive or dead, but he lacked the courage to investigate. Now that Jin Yi was stepping forward, it could only benefit him.
Clang! Suddenly, a noise came from behind them.
"Who's there?" Lu Wang and Jin Yi both glanced back, only to find what seemed to be a bird landing and knocking loose a few dead branches.
Just as they turned toward the falling branches, a shadow flashed past the cave entrance.
Seemingly sensing something, Jin Yi hurriedly turned toward the entrance, but saw nothing unusual. He could not help laughing inwardly. It seems I'm being too sensitive.
He had suffered quite a loss at Wan Qingteng's hands during their earlier fight. Coupled with Cao Wuxin's death, this had left him in a poor state of mind lately.
"Jin Yi, you dare show disrespect to me?" Just as Jin Yi was about to reach the cave entrance, a cold voice rang out from within.
Lu Wang's expression changed at those words, then filled with fear. He hurriedly said respectfully, "Sect Master, this is an elder of the Taixuan Sect. He bears the Sect Master's Token, so I truly had no choice but to bring him to your place of seclusion."
If Lu Wang's expression had changed out of awe for Tu Zhangyuan, Jin Yi's had changed because that voice had sounded directly in his mind, leaving even him momentarily dazed.
He could not help being inwardly shocked. He had never imagined Tu Zhangyuan's power would be so