NOVPUBHis gaze seemed to penetrate the roof, clearly seeing a carriage flying directly towards the capital.
"A Da Jin Monk..."
The middle-aged man’s expression remained unchanged.
The elder poured himself another cup of tea and chuckled,
"The more people that come, the better, the little guy can eat more."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly said,
"Teacher, if you need, this student can have the captured Three Continents’ Cultivators brought over for it..."
"No need, no need, those Three Continents, apart from the little monks from Xi Tuo, the rest stink to high heaven, especially those from Tu Pi Continent, absolutely reek!"
The elder waved his hand in front of his nose repeatedly, his face full of disgust,
As if he really smelled something foul.
Just then, as if he had sensed something, the elder suddenly looked up, his gaze sharpening toward the sky.
A flicker of surprise crossed his eyes.
He murmured,
"Lord of Dreams..."
The middle-aged man noticed the change in the elder and quickly asked,
"Teacher, what’s wrong?"
Upon hearing the middle-aged man’s words, the elder seemed to come back to his senses and a meaningful smile spread across his face,
"It’s nothing, I just saw a little fellow who has some connection to me."
"Little fellow?"
The middle-aged man’s expression shifted as he scanned the people on the carriage with his Spiritual Sence.
But he could not discern anything special.
After a moment of thought, the middle-aged man spoke,
"Teacher, since they are connected to you, should we not give them a hint to leave?"
The elder, however, looked surprised,
"Hint? Why give a hint?"
The middle-aged man was taken aback, "Didn’t you say they are related to you..."
"Oh," the elder realized, then smiled and said,
"You misunderstood, the connection I mentioned..."
"Is one that cannot coexist."
"With me there is no room for others, with him... heh, it’s impossible for there to be room for him."
His tone was casual, yet it made the middle-aged man’s heart skip a beat with alarm.
Cannot coexist?
Such a deep enmity?
But he had checked, and among these few, the highest in Cultivation Base was merely at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
While the Nascent Soul Middle Stage might seem quite high, it depends on who you compare it with. In front of this teacher, even a common Immortal Ascension would...
"Since you are restricted by this realm from taking action, why not let this student do the deed and end their lives?"
The middle-aged man quickly said.
Yet the elder shook his head,
"That won’t do!"
The middle-aged man couldn’t help but show a look of astonishment.
Not to hint, nor to kill, what exactly is this teacher planning?
The elder chuckled and said,
"This is an unexpected fortune, quite useful. You can’t kill him; he has to fall into a pit for me first."
The middle-aged man grew even more puzzled.
"An unexpected fortune? Fall into a pit?"
If that’s the case, shouldn’t they be driven away instead?
As if reading the middle-aged man’s thoughts, the elder leisurely sipped his tea littered with small leaf particles, slightly closed his eyes with pleasure, and then said indolently,
"If he cannot even overcome such a small pit, then he does not deserve to fall into the bigger pit I have in store for him."
"If he dies, then so be it."
"Next, we shall see how he performs."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man once again scanned the people with his Spiritual Sence,
But still, he could not see anything extraordinary.
He could only shake his head and say, "These people, if they barge in, are likely not to survive unscathed, as the city is now completely…"
He was speaking.
When he suddenly noticed to his surprise, the carriage had stopped above the city walls and had not descended further.
"It seems they have already detected the problem."
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, curiosity appearing in his eyes,
"I wonder how they will respond?"
The elder, however, did not respond, simply sipping his tea and refilling his cup without apparent concern for those people.
The middle-aged man, on the other hand, focused his full attention on them.
He deliberately avoided using his gaze or Spiritual Sence to pay attention to them, instead relying on the fluctuations of Spiritual Energy nearby to deduce in reverse, in case they detected his presence.
He was curious about the person the elder said was connected to him.
And just then, he suddenly noticed that the Nascent Soul Cultivator was flying alone into the distance.
"Hmm? What is he planning to do?"
The middle-aged man was puzzled.
The carriage had not flown away nor descended, but had risen a bit higher.
And then it remained motionless.
Seeing this,
The middle-aged man grew even more confused,
"Strange, they’ve realized something is amiss, shouldn’t they either leave or come down to investigate? What are they doing?"
"Calling for reinforcements?"
"But the Ghost Market Guardian of Li Nation is now in a precarious state themselves... whom could they turn to for help?"
He could not help but look at the elder, but found that the elder’s focus was not on these people, but he continued to hold his cup of tea, his gaze fixed outside the window below.
It seemed as if his attention was captured entirely by another matter.
"Is it the ’little fellow’ he mentioned just now?"
The middle-aged man thought with a tinge of concentration.
Sensing that the atmosphere had become a bit solemn, the middle-aged man felt slightly uncomfortable and sought to start a conversation,
"Heh, Teacher, do you think these people will come down to investigate directly, or will they escape first?"
But the elder’s gaze was still on the scene below, and he casually replied,
"Coming down means certain death; escaping, however, would be sensible. There’s no shame in retreating when the situation is unfavorable."
The middle-aged man laughed,
"This student thinks that since these Da Jin Monks haven’t left yet, they might want to come down and take a look around."
"That would be just fine, my little fellow could eat a bit more,"
The elder said cheerfully.
However, at that moment.
The elder suddenly looked surprised and said,
