Lu Ren pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands toward Su Jinghong. "Since Senior Kurong isn't here, I won't disturb you any longer!"
He couldn't stay here waiting forever.
As for requesting a pill, he would have to make other plans later.
With that, Lu Ren turned to leave.
Hum!
But he had barely taken a step when Su Jinghong swung her sword across his path.
"You can't leave!"
Su Jinghong's voice was cold.
Lu Ren stopped and turned to her, confusion on his face. "What do you mean?"
Earlier, Su Jinghong had kept telling him to leave.
Now that he was ready to go, she had stopped him.
Su Jinghong stared at Lu Ren. "You now know my master has left the Withering and Flourishing Alchemy Pavilion. What if you leak that news after you leave?"
Lu Ren frowned slightly.
"Other than us disciples, no outsider knows Master is away," Su Jinghong continued. "If word gets out, the Withering and Flourishing Alchemy Pavilion will be in trouble!"
Though the Withering and Flourishing Alchemy Pavilion had only a handful of people, its stores of pills and medicinal ingredients were enough to make many powerful cultivators green with envy.
With her master there, no one normally dared set their sights on the pavilion.
But if outsiders learned her master had left, that would change.
"Don't worry," Lu Ren said evenly. "I won't reveal your master's whereabouts or mention this to anyone."
"I don't trust your promise!"
Su Jinghong shook her head. "For the sake of the Withering and Flourishing Alchemy Pavilion, I won't let you leave!"
As she spoke, a keen edge radiated from the sword in her hand.
"If you take one more step toward the exit," Su Jinghong said coldly, staring at Lu Ren, "I won't hesitate to