Xu Guang caressed the scar on his shoulder, feeling somewhat resentful.

After all, he was not an invincible Zhenren, not even reaching the realm of a Second Shedding Zhenren.

He had some inaccurate estimations of his own strength.

The differences among the three metamorphoses of a Zhenren were immense.

The injuries on his body were left by one such peak Second Shedding Zhenren.

Xu Guang slowly calmed his inner breath and looked at General Wei, "Ah Wei, I owe you."

In the three battles, apart from the first which was quite easy, the other two encounters were not easily won by Xu Guang.

Horizontal pressure was ineffective against those with higher realms, and he could no longer quickly crush them as he did with Tang Feng and Mou Zhen.

Fortunately, among those trailing him from Dragon Gate, no Zhenren of the Third Shedding realm appeared, otherwise, he might not have escaped unscathed.

But this was normal, as Zhenrens of the Third Shedding realm were already at the peak of the True Realm, with the gold attributes accumulated over the three metamorphoses being very rich.

Their task was to study the connections between these gold attributes, themselves, their visualization image, and their fundamental technique, forming a unique alien body.

This step was immensely difficult.

Because the emergence of the Profound Mysterious Body was like a scientist's invention, a flash of inspiration, unless one had extraordinary talent, most Third Shedding Zhenrens sought a fully compatible constitution through constant collisions of gold attributes.

They spent entire days either depleting or restoring the gold attributes.

They wished they could dedicate all thirteen hours of the day to this.

This step was highly valued, and in the face of uncertain prospects, no one would gamble, thinking that by randomly touching on an alien body, they could directly break through, as it would be irresponsible to themselves.

In the Jianghu, countless experts have broken through to the fourth grade by luck, only to realize their accomplished Profound Mysterious Body was just a wasted body!

Their path forward was completely cut off, and they could only watch helplessly as their juniors surpassed them one by one, becoming stepping stones for others.

The weak conquer the strong, this is what they conquer.

General Teng slowly appeared, with dark golden vines moving across Xu Guang's body, and droplets of dark golden fluid trickled onto Xu Guang's wound.

Xu Guang watched his wound improve significantly, clearly feeling the unusual gold attribute lingering at the wound being slowly guided into the air.

"I don't know what species you are, but in this world, you should be one of a kind."

General Teng, with its unclear consciousness, could not comprehend Xu Guang's words, but after dripping the fluid, it retracted itself.

General Wei looked rather envious.

Those fluids were originally his food, the energy General Teng had collected from the stars and the sun.

Xu Guang comforted General Wei, "We've got a lot of good stuff this time, when we do alchemy, haven't you eaten a Golden Core before? When I reverse-engineer it, you'll have one a day just like me."

Ah Wei certainly knew Xu Guang was just talking nonsense; even if he could refine a Golden Core, a furnace wouldn't be completed in a single day.

He playfully rubbed his nose against Xu Guang.

Xu Guang felt that his wounds were not as painful anymore.

Thinking of the things given to him by Li Qian, he felt the injuries were worth it.

'Oh well, let's just take it as a temporary paycheck job.'

Ghostly lands infested the mass grave, and this time entering from a different direction than last time, Xu Guang wasn't sure where he was, but to avoid Dragon Gate's pursuit, he could only continue deeper.

Ideally, he could hide in a high-level ghostly land.

To his relief, Dragon Gate had not yet dispatched any fourth-grade experts, otherwise, he truly had no confidence in escaping.

...

Dragon Gate.

Li Qian's identity in Dragon Gate was not special, just like an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple, not remarkable, but not too bad either.

His Sixth Grade Minor Cultivation was seldom noticed by others.

He worked hard to make himself appear a bit more shabby, to veil the nobility gathered from cultivating the Dragon Gate Technique.

He sat quietly in the study, recording some things with a pen, and then took out items left by his father from years past.

Concealment, a hint left by his father before his death.

He long knew that the Sect Leader of Dragon Gate was replaced by Master Nanxuan, having known since his father's death year.

His father was the original only son of the Dragon Gate Sect Leader, and because of him, Master Nanxuan confirmed Dragon Gate had Imperial Family bloodline, leading to suspicion over the Sect Leader having Imperial Family bloodline too.

And eventually, ambushed.

These were all told by Han Gong, an elder of Dragon Gate and a guardian of their lineage.

With the strength of Three-Metamorphosis Zhenren, over three hundred years old, almost at the end of his life.

This was why he sought Xu Guang, for when Han Gong died, finding him would just be a matter of time for Nan Xuan.

He rose and left the study.

The world was vast and blurry, raindrops shattering on the ground and misty vapor rising from the exceedingly damp earth.

Li Qian caught raindrops in his palm, their shattering reminded him of his father's gift in childhood, a Demon Beast Black Mastiff cub, licking his palm just like this.

Shaking his hand, he flung the water droplets away, suppressing all his sentiments.

He donned a hat and briskly walked to a nearby waterfall.

"Xu Guang has escaped, successfully entering Wangdang Mountain."

The waterfall gathered into a human face, and amidst the rain sounded a voice.

Li Qian visibly relaxed, "He didn't let me down."

Han Gong fell silent.

Li Qian disliked the silence of Han Gong.

Han Gong was very old, knowledgeable of many Imperial Family secrets, and knew his father well.

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