Chapter 312: Chapter 184: Journeying Together (Part 3)

“Master Gu, what a pleasure to meet you!” Master Lei Hu regained his composure and stepped forward with a smile.

“Is this the person from before?” The Sect Leader of Taoyuan Mountain looked Li Jizhou up and down, nodding slightly.

The young disciples in the back finally relaxed.

The demon beast killed by Master Gu, a cultivator at the Early Stage of Core Formation, could at most be a Tier Three Early Stage.

It might even just be a Tier Two demon beast.

The tremendous commotion earlier could only mean that the demon beast was quite large.

“Master Lei Hu, a pleasure to meet you!” Li Jizhou also returned the gesture with a slight fist salute.

“I didn’t expect to meet here again. It seems we are fated, haha!”

“Indeed, we are fated.” Li Jizhou smiled slightly.

“Since we have such fate to meet again, Master Gu must have witnessed much bloodshed along the way. Why not travel with us?” Master Lei Hu invited once more.

The young disciples were unsure about the demon beast’s tier, but the three Core Formation cultivators, upon Li Jizhou’s emergence from the water, deduced it to be at least a Tier Three Mid Stage demon beast from the lingering demonic aura beneath the black water.

Thus, it seemed that Master Gu here either possessed extremely secretive magical power or strong hidden cards.

This would be a great help to them!

Previously in Guzhu City, Master Lei Hu hadn’t insisted on keeping Li Jizhou, mainly because he was only at the Early Stage of Core Formation, but now his enthusiasm had increased.

Not only him, but the Sect Leader of Taoyuan Mountain also extended a very courteous and appropriate invitation.

He even promised that if Master Gu returned to his sect without success, he could come to Taoyuan Mountain to take up the position of elder.

Just as Li Jizhou was about to decline, Zhang Ruoyu stepped forward with great respect and urged him to stay.

This scene left the young disciples behind speechless.

Especially as the Sect Leader of Taoyuan Mountain directly offered the position of elder.

“Is he really the Master Gu you mentioned before?” The core disciple of Taoyuan Mountain looked at Lei Chunying in disbelief, using voice transmission.

Lei Chunying nodded woodenly, with a hint of unusual expression in her eyes as she looked at Li Jizhou.

Yang Yang, the flatterer, was struck dumb, his face flushed.

“What merits and abilities does he have? Merely at the Early Stage of Core Formation…”

For a moment, Yang Yang regretted not fully dedicating himself to cultivation in the past.

Glancing at Zhang Ruoyu, Li Jizhou eventually nodded.

After all, the first Lifespan Extension Pill he refined was made possible by the Longevity Fruit provided by Zhang Ruoyu.

And in the Sea Domain during the retreat under the Five Elders Association, his name was always used.

This return trip might be considered closure to karmic ties.

Moreover, he had just acquired a Tier Three Late Stage demon pill, and at this moment needed to accumulate Divine Soul power and slowly refine it, which alone posed a risk of ambush.

Blending into the crowd served as a safeguard.

Upon Li Jizhou’s nod, both Master Lei Hu and the Sect Leader of Taoyuan Mountain were overjoyed and felt more confident about the return journey.

Then everyone set off again.

Along the way, Li Jizhou took the opportunity to chat casually with Zhang Ruoyu.

Slightly hinting here and there, Li Jizhou basically understood his trajectory to the swamp.

Back when the entire Golden Sun Sect went to aid the Yu Ziyu alliance, Zhang Ruoyu left alone, and now with the situation in the Yan Kingdom gradually stabilizing, he was returning to the Yan Kingdom.

Compared to Zhang Ruoyu, Li Jizhou felt he was not steady enough, as he had secretly intervened on the matter of the Demon Sect back then.

Whereas Zhang Ruoyu truly remained untouched by karmic entanglements.

If Zhang Ruoyu had a spirit beast like Gua Gua that could find treasure materials on its own, he probably wouldn’t think of returning to the Yan Kingdom either.

Three months later, the group completely left the Guzhu City region and entered the lands adjacent to the Eastern Desolation in the Yan Kingdom.

The journey was relatively uneventful, encountering several heist cultivators but only confronting them briefly without engagement.

Reaching this point, Li Jizhou also began planning for his return to the Eastern Desolation.

At this moment, he wondered if the Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Shangguan family had reached Guzhu City yet?

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