Chapter 448 Conflic (2/2)

“Elder is truly a good person. I’ll help you carry this so you won’t become too tired.”

Zhou Yuan’s attitude made old Xuan unsure whether he should laugh or cry. He could only shake his head and play along with the little fellow.

After leaving the sealed area, Zhou Yuan bid his goodbyes to old Xuan, before soaring into the air on his Genesis Qi. He passed by several peaks, and eventually arrived in front of his cave dwelling.

His figure descended as he somewhat tiredly stretched his back. Although spending an entire day tempering his body did not exhaust his vital energy, the mental stress due to the intense pain still took quite a toll on him.

Moments after he landed, however, his eyes suddenly paused as he caught sight of a figure anxiously walking to and fro in front of his cave dwelling. The figure seemed to be about to call out into the cave several times, only to shrink back time and time again.

“What is it?”

Zhou Yuan’s voice rang out. He had recognized the visitor as a disciple from the same faction, though not a very well known one.

The disciple hurriedly jerked his head around upon hearing the voice. His eyes immediately lit up with joy at the sight of Zhou Yuan, as he hastily ran over and said, “You’re back at last senior brother Zhou Yuan! Quick, you’ve got to go save Shen Wanjin!”

“Shen Wanjin?” Zhou Yuan was taken aback, before he soon began to frown. “What’s going on?”

The disciple sighed and answered, “I believe senior brother Zhou Yuan should be aware of what the atmosphere has been like recently in our Saint Genesis Peak.”

Zhou Yuan nodded. Due to the fast approaching chief disciple selection, the atmosphere over Saint Genesis Peak had turned exceptionally tense, mainly because of Lu Hong’s faction.

Lu Hong’s disciples were basically acting as if the chief disciple position was already theirs. In their opinion, they would surely become the master faction of Saint Genesis Peak in the near future.

Once they became the master faction, their status would increase. In contrast, the other two factions would be reduced to mere secondary factions, creating a rift of status between the former and the latter. As a result, Lu Hong’s faction had gradually grown more and more arrogant and unbridled over the past month.

The disciples of the other two factions were naturally very irritated by this change in attitude. As such, the number of conflicts in Saint Genesis Peak was even greater than it had been in the past six months combined.

“While we were training on a cultivation platform today, one of Lu Hong’s disciples was accidentally struck by stray strike from the spar between Shen Wanjin and someone else. In the end, a huge group of Lu Hong’s disciples chased us away and captured Shen Wanjin, refusing to let him go no matter what we said.”

“The one leading them was Wu Hai…”

“Wu Hai?” Zhou Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. He had heard this name before. Wu Hai was quite famous in Lu Hong’s faction, and was also one of the six participants in the upcoming chief disciple selection.

However, why would someone like that make things difficult for a bunch of ordinary disciples?

“Shen Wanjin is quite timid, and is not one to provoke others. And yet Wu Hai and gang were clearly targeting him…” Zhou Yuan softly chuckled. “It seems that they have an ulterior motive.”

In Saint Genesis Peak, there was no one who did not know that Zhou Yuan had close ties with Shen Wanjin. Instead of going after others, Lu Hong’s disciples were clearly focused on Shen Wanjin… the implication behind this was obvious. They were after Zhou Yuan himself.

As for Shen Wanjin, he had merely been implicated.

The disciple nodded with a bitter smile when he heard this, and said in a hushed voice, “Wu Hai said to you have to personally go over to claim Shen Wanjin back. If you do not arrive by sun down, he will throw Shen Wanjin off the mountain.”

Zhou Yuan could not help but chuckle. Lu Hong’s faction had truly become quite arrogant recently.

“Senior brother Zhou Yuan, shall I go inform senior brother Zhou Tai first?” Asked the disciple in a hesitant manner. He had also guess that the other party was after Zhou Yuan, and was afraid the latter would not be able to handle the situation.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand.

“There’s no rush, I’ll go and have a look first.”

With a wave of his sleeve, Genesis Qi rose from under his feet as he soared into the air.

“I’m interested to see just how capable this Wu Hai thinks he is to dare to throw my friend down from the mountain!”

A faint voice echoed, tinged with a trace of iciness.

To think that Lu Hong’s faction had already grown so arrogant. Did they really believe that they would definitely win the chief disciple selection?

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