Chapter 549: Change Of Mind (1/2)

Chapter 549: Change Of Mind

At this point, Long Zuntian came back to the phoenix maiden’s side and said in a serious tone: “Young Miss, it is not too late if you want to leave now. I will escort you out.”

His sudden advice caused the maiden’s heart to sink. She asked: “What is senior trying to say?”

Long Zuntian didn’t look at her but rather stare intensely at Li Qiye and said: “I am old and wish to live in seclusion. I’m afraid I won’t be able to help virtuous nephew Di Zuo any longer. But before leaving, I can escort you safely away from here.”

Long Zuntian was extremely cautious of Li Qiye. After the exchange, he immediately knew he had met a terrible opponent because he couldn’t tell which physique Li Qiye had.

Long Zuntian’s retreating caused the maiden to change her expression and she quickly tried to retain him: “Senior Long is too humble, you are a supreme genius of a generation…”

Long Zuntian hastily interrupted her and said: “Young Miss, you should leave.”

His attitude perplexed many. The victor had yet to be decided between him and Li Qiye. Many were more optimistic about him and felt that he would surely defeat Li Qiye.

But now, Long Zuntian chose to withdraw, no longer bearing the usual proud attitude causing everyone to feel something was amiss. No one thought that he was afraid of Li Qiye. In the past, he even declined the Myriad Bones Throne right away. A proud person like Long Zuntian would not be afraid of Li Qiye. Moreover, he had a great advantage by being stronger than Li Qiye.

However, he still wanted to pull out to the astonishment of others. This was akin to lowering his own prestige and leaving a stain on his illustrious reputation.

Why was he determined to leave despite the marring on his reputation? No one understood why, not even the phoenix maiden. He was Di Zuo’s dao mentor and she knew that he was not afraid of anyone, but now he wanted to leave.

She took a deep breath and shook her head in response: “Senior Long, if you want to leave then I won’t hold you back, but I will not retreat. No matter how strong this human might be, I will not let the human race’s scheme comes into fruition. I will not let Li Qiye massacre our young ones, not only because I am from the Myriad Bones Throne, but also for the sake of the Ghost Race!”

Long Zuntian shook his head as he listened to her righteous words. He understood what she was trying to do. He sighed in response and repeated the same phrase: “I am old… this is the world of the young people now. Admirable courage.”

No one knew what he was lamenting about; her courage or something else. He then left behind his last words: “Take care, Young Miss.” He then flew away and disappeared in the horizon in an instant.

A lot of the crowd couldn’t help from becoming dumbstruck as they watch him fly away. From the start to finish, no one understood why he left. He was absolutely not weaker than Li Qiye so he couldn’t be afraid of him.

Then for what reason? All were lost at the reason why, including the maiden.

In fact, it was a spur of the moment’s thought resulting him in no longer being optimistic about Di Zuo! He was a peerless talent of his own generation. When he was young, he was not much weaker than Di Zuo or Tian Lunhui.

He agreed to left his seclusion to help Di Zuo because he valued Di Zuo’s talents. Seeing Di Zuo’s confidence reminded him of his past self.

He regretted the fact that he was born during the Difficult Dao Era when one couldn’t become an Immortal Emperor, so he placed his hope into Di ZUo. When facing an opponent like TIan Lunhui or Chan Yang, he trust that Di Zuo would come out victoriously all the way to the imperial throne.

But today, his trust was shaken, especially after the one blow with Li Qiye. He understood one thing immediately – that Li Qiye was more terrible than his imagination. Although he couldn’t tell Li Qiye’s physique at that moment, but his intuition told him that it was more than just a simple Immortal Physique.

He felt an illusion that Li Qiye had two Immortal Physiques, but anyone with a sliver of common sense knew that this was impossible. Nevertheless, this striking intuition resonated powerfully in his mind.