Chapter 367

Chapter 367: The Anger of the Golden Core master

Under the pale blue glow blanketing the place, Shangguan Qianxue did not notice a white figure flashing by Zhou Luo’s side.

She only saw Qi Chuan suddenly freeze in place, and then he was easily killed.

Although this scene seemed peculiar, since the other party had displayed so many tricks, it did not surprise her much either.

After smoothly killing Qi Chuan, Zhou Luo approached the corpse. He raised his hand to take the storage ring off it into his own possession, showing no intention at all of sharing it with Shangguan Qianxue.

This behavior displeased Shangguan Qianxue a little. She stepped forward and took back her Spirit Beast, then said sternly, "Don’t you have any intention of showing gratitude?"

She had risked so much to help the other party, yet he seemed unwilling to give anything back—how could that not make someone angry?

"Is showing gratitude necessary?" Zhou Luo retorted.

He turned to face her, his calm face betraying no emotion at all.

"What do you mean?" Shangguan Qianxue asked, slightly furrowing her brows.

"When you were being hunted by the Hehuan Sect years ago, have you forgotten who saved you? This is merely repaying an old debt," Zhou Luo said languidly, then calmly headed toward the only entrance.

The formation at that spot had long been completely annihilated by the terrifying remnants of the earlier battle, rendering it useless.

Those words struck Shangguan Qianxue like a thunderbolt.

She stood frozen, her beautiful eyes wide with confusion as she gazed at his upright figure, shockwaves crashing in her heart.

Was that formation master who had saved her back then really him?

In an instant, countless thoughts flooded Shangguan Qianxue’s mind, and she remained dazed for a while.

Back then, after leaving those three islands, she had been ambushed and attacked by others, barely escaping only after exhausting nearly all her strength.

Unexpectedly, she had later encountered an evil cultivator from the Hehuan Sect.

At that desperate moment, if not for a formation master suddenly emerging and blocking her assailant, she would surely have died in that Illusionary Forest long ago.

She just never imagined that formation master back then was Zhou Luo.

Yet wasn’t he a Pill Master?

At this instant, Shangguan Qianxue suddenly recalled the rumor that had spread widely ten years prior.

It said Zhou Luo had great fortune, having gained assistance from at least a Nascent Soul cultivator to seize an immortal opportunity; despite his Ninth Grade spiritual root, he smoothly reached Foundation Establishment and became a second level Pill Master.

Looking back now, perhaps when he entered the Illusionary Forest earlier, he had already met that elder and acquired some abilities.

Shangguan Qianxue could only make sense of it this way.

Otherwise, there was no explaining why he could be both a Pill Master and a formation master.

The vast world held wonders beyond measure.

No matter what happened, an explanation always existed.

Zhou Luo reasoned the same way, so he chose to reveal this matter to settle some karma with her.

Moreover, with this restraint binding her, she would have to weigh her own conscience before taking advantage of his situation to plunder.

He clearly understood Shangguan Qianxue cultivated a righteous path of light—as a righteous person, she would never harm her own savior.

Doing so would plant a demonic hindrance deep in her heart.

Once she made a breakthrough in the future, it would bring huge hidden dangers.

What cultivators fear most is going against their true heart and doing things that create inner demons for themselves.

Those cultivators who fall from the righteous path and become evil cultivators or bandits are mostly driven by helplessness.

But those who are born as evil cultivators or bandits are not affected by this.

Chimagong Sect.

Inside a magnificent and splendid golden palace.

An old man with a wrinkled face, gray-streaked hair, yet energetic for his age, suddenly opened his eyes. He felt a premonition and flipped his right hand.

A life talisman appeared in the palm covered with wrinkles.

As soon as the jade talisman manifested, it cracked with a sudden sound and shattered completely, splitting into two halves.

"Chuan’er!"

He fiercely clenched his right hand, grinding the jade pendant into powder. With an unimaginable look in his eyes, he gave a sharp, piercing wail.

"Who, who killed my grandson!"

The old man erupted with an aura. The shocking power of the Golden Core master surged wildly, causing the entire palace to shake violently.

The servants at service in the palace instantly knelt to the ground with a thud, trembling all over.

His eyes turned blood-red. He shot out like a streak and transformed into a long rainbow, rushing straight toward the Longfeng Mountain range.

The old man was incredibly fast and, being a Golden Core master, under the overwhelming pressure, he left the Chimagong Sect in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Luo was still unaware of the outside situation. At that moment, after passing through the passage, he descended to a narrower space and encountered the prepared ambush set earlier by the Golden Core master.

Having just come through the battle, he retreated to the side.

Shangguan Qianxue understood his meaning and stepped forward to sweep away the obstacles for him.

A quarter of an hour later, the dangers in that space were successfully cleared away.

"Although you saved me back then, this karma has ended."

Shangguan Qianxue put away her treasured sword, facing Zhou Luo’s deep eyes as she spoke solemnly.

"Killing Qi Chuan wasn’t what I asked you to do," Zhou Luo pointed out directly.

Though unknown why she chose to help him at that moment, the incident itself had little to do with his act of saving her earlier.

So from a certain level, she still hadn’t repaid the debt of her life being saved.

Shangguan Qianxue’s beautiful eyes darkened. She lowered her voice and said, "What more do you want?"

"I just went through a major battle, so you’ll have to handle any further dangers," Zhou Luo stated his purpose.

Shangguan Qianxue gave him a deep look. She didn’t say anything, just silently proceeded toward the passage.

Elsewhere, Song Zhan and Long Yunshuang both noticed something abnormal.

After all, the power fluctuations caused by that great fight were too immense.

"I’m heading over there," Song Zhan said coldly.

The intense power fluctuations were exactly where his Junior Sister was located, making him fear she had encountered something unfavorable.

A flash crossed Long Yunshuang’s beautiful eyes. Gazing at the passage ahead, she said firmly, "No, since they haven’t sent us any word from that side, we must move on."

Currently, they weren’t actually too far apart, and since there had been no call for help, it should be fine.

For now, the urgent priority was to find the spiritual artifact, and as they went deeper, she felt nearing the true tomb of the Golden Core master, so she refused to give up.

Upon hearing these words, Song Zhan’s brows knit tightly.

He said coldly, "I come from the Qinyuan Sect. You should listen to me."

Along the way, her consistently lofty attitude had already irked him greatly.

After all, he was an Immortal Sect disciple and nearly an elder of the sect. Being blatantly ignored like this was simply irrational.

He grew fiercely assertive, fixing her with a look that said—if she disagreed, he would leave immediately.

Facing this scene, Long Yunshuang replied lightly, "Is the Qinyuan Sect so formidable? Do you know my name?"

"I don’t care what your name is," Song Zhan shouted sharply.

"I bear the surname Long!"

But the next instant, as Long Yunshuang uttered that surname calmly, Song Zhan suddenly stiffened in place as if thunderstruck.