On the outskirts of the Dragon Pool Mountain ruins.
After explaining matters to the Xuanyuan Sect disciples one by one, Shen Yu began arranging how to divide their forces.
But before he could speak, Zhou Liu turned around on his own, intending to leave.
Shen Yu frowned slightly without speaking. It was Xi Shuyan who asked, "Zhou Liu, where are you going?"
Zhou Liu did not even look back, his tone aloof and arrogant.
"I'm under no obligation to drag dead weight along."
"Why would I need company to hunt down a few homeless curs?"
The imposing presence he exuded was enough to strike fear even into ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Fan Dongchen looked at him and sighed inwardly.
They were both at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, yet facing him actually stirred fear in his heart.
Perhaps being born in the same era as someone like this was a tremendous tragedy.
Still, he soon composed himself.
It was the same for everyone else.
There was nothing to be done. He was Zhou Liu, after all.
Shen Yu frowned and glanced at him without speaking.
Indeed, in talent and strength, Zhou Liu stood at the very pinnacle of all the cultivators Shen Yu had met throughout the Chu Kingdom.
Such natural gifts had bred in him an arrogance that looked down on his peers.
Perhaps in a small place like the Chu Kingdom, he had every right to be so arrogant.
But such a disposition was difficult to change. If he left the Chu Kingdom someday and entered a wider world...
He could easily suffer a tremendous loss.
Still, Shen Yu naturally knew that a heartfelt lecture could not turn something like this around.
Some notions would only truly sink in after someone suffered for them. Only then would they