A Smooth Journey

With that, Tang Tian and the others knew very little about Zhang Ming. Though curious, this Zhang Ming had been almost no different from a mute throughout the journey.

Aside from nodding to them in greeting at the Affairs Hall, he had remained silent the entire time, keeping such a low profile that he was nearly invisible.

This displeased Tang Tian. He was a powerful cultivator on the verge of Foundation Establishment, yet a Qi Condensation Realm fifth-layer cultivator showed not the slightest reverence before him.

Tian Denghu, on the other hand, had plenty to say. He was constantly courteous toward Tang Tian and Wu Yizhen, asking about this and that at first.

But as Feng Tao's spirits sank and she became weighed down with worries, unwilling to speak further as she focused on traveling, he gradually fell silent as well. Still, his gaze kept drifting toward Feng Tao.

This also made Tang Tian look upon Tian Denghu with considerable displeasure.

"Don't you know full well that the gap between you will only grow wider and wider? Once a heavenly spirit root matures, even someone like me, who stepped onto the immortal path first, cannot compare.

"You two insist on coming along? Hehe, when enemies appear, unless Uncle-Master Fang is willing to protect you, if you perish, you will have no one to blame but yourselves.

"Especially that Zhang Ming. With strength like that, he still dared to come out? Spirit stones are not so easily earned.

"Among the six Qi Condensation Realm disciples who died escorting magical artifacts last time, even the weakest had reached the seventh layer of Qi Condensation Realm. Hmph!"

Tang Tian sneered endlessly to himself. He felt that one of these two had gone mad from wanting spirit stones, while the other had been blinded