"Leader, member, ally, or perhaps he helped out of a favor?" Xu Fei asked. "It could even be that Yuan Tian did it on his own accord."
"However, no matter what the reason is, we must be on guard against Yuan Tian. We must include him in our upcoming plans."
Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge nodded, "The Devil Saint Yuan Tian is indeed a problem. We need to be wary of him."
Xu Fei said, "Zhaoge, you have to be careful from now on."
His gaze fell on the devilish mark on Yan Zhaoge's left hand, "After all, Master's cultivation base is rather high. If the enemy wants to reopen the Great Nine Underworlds Door in the Sand Region, it is very likely that they will target you."
Yan Zhaoge said straightforwardly, "Even if it isn't for the Great Nine Underworlds Door, they might still target me. If I were to die, the pressure of the devilish mark would all fall onto eldest apprentice-uncle. This way, eldest apprentice-uncle's attention would be drawn further, making it easier for them to do other things."
Xue Fei's expression was a little solemn. "Yes …"
He was an open-minded and forthright person, but apart from being open and candid, he was also relatively steady. He didn't like to speculate, so there were some things that were difficult to say out loud.
Yan Zhaoge, however, immediately understood the meaning behind Xu Fei's words.
If there were still people of Broad Creed Mountain who were spies of the Decimating Abyss, especially experts whose cultivation bases were rather high, if they intended to assassinate Yan Zhaoge, it would be extremely covert, hard to guard against.
After all, he couldn't look at everyone with suspicion or completely isolate Yan Zhaoge. He could only rely on Yan Zhaoge's own vigilance for everything.
Yan Zhaoge patted Xu Fei's shoulder, "Relax, senior apprentice-brother Xu. I will take care of myself."
Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge laughed, "While I don't really like it, it seems like there are always such things that come looking for me. It looks like I was born to be a bait, with the clan just being able to create a circle around me, ambushing and killing spies of the Decimating Abyss."
Xue Fei said sternly, "That's true, but you'll be taking a huge risk."
"I know Zhaoge, you have a strange treasure on you, and you are not afraid of a Spirit Vessel Martial Grandmaster, but what if an Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster suddenly attacks after getting close? You might not be able to fend off the reinforcements of the experts lying in ambush. "
Xue Fei paused for a moment. "… If it was an Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster, he wouldn't even have the time to react."
Yan Zhaoge smiled, "Senior apprentice-brother Xu, you are right; it is indeed like this. But now, the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. There are some things that can't be helped. "
"However, I won't joke around with my life. Although I don't plan to be quarantined, in the near future. I want to reduce my personal contact with the higher-ups of the sect. Except for a limited number of people, the rest of the elders can only apologize first. I believe they will understand. "
Xue Fei nodded. "It's good that you know what to do."
After sending Xu Fei off, Yan Zhaoge did not directly return to the secluded room as he instead strolled leisurely outside.
Traversing the forest, Yan Zhaoge came before a waterfall, quietly looking at the flowing water.
After who knew how long, when Yan Zhaoge was about to turn and leave. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat.
He looked in a certain direction and saw a figure appear in the distance. It was a woman.
The woman's appearance was beautiful, but her temperament was somewhat cold. It was Sikong Qing.
Sikong Qing only discovered Yan Zhaoge after getting close. As she looked over, she could only feel that Yan Zhaoge seemed to have merged as one with his surroundings, making it hard for her to detect him.
"Senior apprentice-brother Yan," Sikong Qing first bowed. Yan Zhaoge nodded, "Junior apprentice-sister Sikong. It's been a long time. Congratulations on your rapid progress in cultivation. "
Compared to the time of the Qingze Lake Alliance Meet, Sikong Qing's current cultivation had already stepped from the Inner Aura Stage to the Outer Aura Stage.
Yan Zhaoge heard the sound of her blood flowing. It was as heavy as lead mercury, but it didn't seem sluggish at all.
"Are you currently at the peak of the early outer aura stage, or have you already stepped into the mid outer aura stage, the stage of condensing qi into weapons?" Yan Zhaoge asked interestedly.
Sikong Qing replied, "At the middle stage of outer aura, one can already condense qi into weapons."
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand. His Upstanding Qi transformed into a blade and floated beside his body. Shockingly, he was already at the middle stage of the physical invulnerability stage.
Yan Zhaoge rubbed his palms together, sighing, "It hasn't even been a year since we returned from Clear Concealed Lake, and you've already advanced by leaps and bounds to this stage. You really are a heaven-blessed genius."
Sikong Qing shook her head, "Compared to senior apprentice-brother Yan's speed of advancing from the late inner aura stage to the early outer aura stage, and then to the mid outer aura stage, it is much slower."
The corners of Yan Zhaoge's mouth arched slightly, but he did not speak.
Sikong Qing's situation was very special, very abnormal.
Before she had become a Martial Scholar, while she had also been extremely outstanding, it hadn't been especially exaggerated, basically being at the average standard of direct disciples of Sacred Grounds.
That year, after becoming a Martial Scholar, her speed of improvement had been so swift that even Yan Zhaoge had been taken aback.
Amongst those of the same generation, her speed of improvement had surpassed that of the original owner of Yan Zhaoge's body, Lu Wen, Xu Fei.
Only Feng Yunsheng had been slightly faster than her. However, Feng Yunsheng's situation had originally been special. With the Extreme Yin Scripture, the yin-yang coexisting technique, as well as the recent stimulation of the Cold Marrow Needles, she had been working on multiple fronts.
Ying Longtu's improvement had been even more exaggerated, but because of his Big Dipper Body, it had been especially convenient for Han Long 'er to enter the Body Refinement realm.
Having reached the Martial Scholar realm, while his improvement speed would also be very fast, he still might not be stronger than Sikong Qing.
Everyone was curious, and Yan Zhaoge was the same. However, he was just curious, not having any thoughts of digging deeper. After all, Sikong Qing wasn't an enemy.
Looking at Yan Zhaoge, Sikong Qing's gaze was a little strange.
Yan Zhaoge touched his face, "What, are there flowers growing on my face?"
Sikong Qing shook her head, "No, it's just that looking at you, senior apprentice-brother Yan, I thought of some things."
Yan Zhaoge's interest was piqued, "Oh? What things? "
"Earlier at Clear Concealed Lake, I personally experienced it. This time at Yunwu County in the Sand Region, while I wasn't there, I also heard about it." Sikong Qing said, "Senior apprentice-brother Yan, you have done something that many Martial Grandmaster experts are unable to do."
"From ancient times till now, whether or not you are the strongest Martial Scholar, I don't dare to say for sure, but I'm afraid that you are the Martial Scholar with the greatest ability."
Yan Zhaoge smiled slightly, "So?"
Sikong Qing said, "So, I feel that I have to make some changes."
"You doubt yourself?" Yan Zhaoge appraised her all over, "Doubting whether your heart having always been completely undistracted, not dabbling in formations, artifact forging and the like, instead wholeheartedly cultivating in the martial arts, is this path correct?"
Sikong Qing said calmly, "No, I have never wavered."
"I firmly believe that my path is not wrong. While at Clear Concealed Lake, as well as now when a storm is about to descend upon our clan, I feel my own insignificance and powerlessness, I have never doubted my own choice."
"My insignificance and powerlessness are only because I am currently too weak."
Looking at Sikong Qing, Yan Zhaoge saw that her eyes were glowing slightly, a rare sight. The girl continued, "I feel that the environment that I have been in all along, has been too comfortable."
"Under the guidance and protection of the clan, while I have also cultivated diligently, while I believe that I have been diligent in my cultivation, it has still been too comfortable."
Sikong Qing looked straight at Yan Zhaoge, "I want to go out adventuring for a bit, going a little further, seeing more things, tempering myself, life and death up to the heavens."
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