Chapter 21: Pursuit

Yundi had been gazing at the primordial soil within the mountainside of the snow mountain, which emanated a few wisps of the primordial qi, and he felt wonderful.

Just as he was about to use his magic to dig up that clump of All Things Soil by the roots, a hand slapped his shoulder and a voice came: "Wasn't it you who slapped me last time?"

"I was about to dig up this primordial soil to take it back, don't cause trouble!" Yundi instinctively brushed off Li Zhangsheng's hand, still thinking it was the gray‑clad person speaking to him.

Gradually, he seemed to realize something was wrong!

No way, why does that voice sound so young, and how come the words "Wasn't it you who slapped me last time?" sound so weird!

Immediately after, he turned his head and saw an extremely handsome face!

However, upon seeing that extremely handsome face, Yundi was as if seeing a ghost, his face full of terror: "You… you… you…"

He was instantly speechless, a bit baffled—how could he run into this person in this place?!

Li Zhangsheng, meanwhile, looked at Yundi with a serious expression and continued asking: "Wasn't it you who slapped me on the back last time, right?"

"My lord… you've mistaken me for someone else—I've never seen you, nor slapped you." Yundi hurriedly shook his head in denial.

Anyway, last time he sneak‑attacked Li Zhangsheng from behind, Li Zhangsheng never got a clear look at his face.

"Huh? Aren't you called Yundi? The one behind the Cautious Void Sect must be you, right?" Li Zhangsheng kept a calm expression as he looked at Yundi, not rushing to attack.

Yundi continued to deny, saying: "Um… I'm not called Yundi; I'm called Xiao Yun—just call me Xiao Yun, sir."

"Lord Yundi, who is this person?" the gray‑clad man, seeing Li Zhangsheng appear out of nowhere, also asked curiously.

And as the gray‑robed man's words fell, the scene became awkward!!

Yundi scratched his head, "Ugh… so embarrassing—I can't deny it anymore!"

Li Zhangsheng, meanwhile, fixed him with a look that said, "You're not being honest."

Just as Li Zhangsheng was about to glare…

Yundi felt a strong sense of danger coming from nowhere, and he quickly waved his hands, saying: "Hold on, brother—let's talk this out; no need to fight, it'd be a shame to hurt the plants and flowers!!"

Though he said that, the moment he finished speaking, a talisman appeared in his hand out of nowhere, and without hesitation he crushed it.

With a crack, the space where Yundi stood suddenly split open; his figure vanished into it and then disappeared completely!!

Flee! Flee! Flee!

Can't look back!

Inside the space tunnel, Yundi's mind held only this thought.

He's no fool!

You see, last time he had launched a full‑force sneak attack from behind on that white‑clad youth, but that youth was unharmed—instead, he himself got killed by the shock!

To be honest, having lived this long, he's never seen anyone so tough!

Therefore, it's only natural that he couldn't possibly meet that person head‑on!

Only an idiot would go head‑to‑head with him!

……

"This…" Li Zhangsheng's side—seeing Yundi hurry away, the gray‑clad man left behind was left alone, feeling a bit dazed!

How did he just leave like that? We came to get the Mother Qi of All Things, didn't we?

We haven't even taken the Mother Qi of All Things yet.

Next, the gray‑robed man's gaze turned curiously toward Li Zhangsheng.

Who is this person? Lord Yundi seems to have been scared off by him…

Then Li Zhangsheng looked over at him, gave him a glare, and the man's consciousness was cut off.

An insignificant figure turned to ash and vanished!

At the same time, the four who had been hiding—Xiao Jue and his companions—revealed themselves.

"Sect Master, that person just now…" Shen Qiongcang wanted to speak but hesitated, having also thought of something.

"You go back first; I'll go with that person to see what's going on." Li Zhangsheng told the three of Shen Qiongcang.

When he slapped Yundi's shoulder just now, he had already placed a mark on Yundi.

Li Zhangsheng naturally let Yundi go on purpose just now; otherwise, Yundi wouldn't have had the chance to crush that amulet.

Li Zhangsheng also wanted to follow and see what sneaky tricks that sly Yundi was up to.

Shen Qiongcang's three companions nodded; he could sense that the red‑clad man just now was a powerful imperial realm expert.

Battles between Emperor Realm beings— they'd rather not get involved.

Afterward, Shen Qiongcang led Xiao Jue and the three others away.

Li Zhangsheng, meanwhile, waited a moment on the spot; he was looking at a map, and in his mind a red dot was moving along with the map in his hand.

After a brief moment, the red dot in his mind came to a stop at a certain point on the map.

"Heh, finally here?" Li Zhangsheng chuckled lightly, a thought crossed his mind, and with a buzz he vanished from the spot.

However, after Yundi's series of space jumps, he deliberately took a few detours before arriving before a huge stone mountain, landing at a spot on its mountainside.

He looked around, saw no one following, then waved his hand—a slit slid open in the mountainside; he darted inside, and the slit closed naturally behind him.

Yundi, who had been extremely tense, felt his nerves ease a little.

"Damn, why do I keep running into that brat wherever I go? My luck's terrible!" Yundi cursed involuntarily.

His strength is top‑tier even among Emperor Realm experts!

Before, whether peers or those weaker than him, upon seeing him, it was always the others who fled.

But now, the situation's reversed—he's the one who runs when he sees others—what the hell is this?!

Humiliation!

Fine, let the humiliation be—better than losing his life!

"That brat's definitely not a normal person," Yundi muttered to himself.

Recalling how that white‑clad youth's gaze had fallen on him earlier, the intense sense of impending danger that had choked him still leaves him uneasy.

Killing with a glance—this kind of thing is often his habitual way of dealing with weaker realms.

I never expected that today, someone would use it on me!

Yun Di had no doubt whatsoever that the white-clad youth's gaze could surely kill him.

The point is, I'm not weak either!

How come I feel like a mere foot soldier in front of that person?

"Never mind, anyway I'll just not go out from now on."

"If the matters entrusted by the Immortal Emperor can be handled by others, let others handle them; better to stay low, better to stay low!"

Yun Di, preoccupied, slowly walked along a passage deeper inside.

Soon, he reached the depths of the cave!

Inside was a vast space, as if the entire mountain had been hollowed out; around it stood many buildings, and in the very center was a huge pit.

Within the pit, countless people were imprisoned—all sorts of them; the opening above was covered by a formation, and around the pit, several individuals constantly patrolled back and forth.

Those patrolling foot soldiers had actually reached the quasi-emperor level!

"Lord Yun Di, you've returned." The foot soldiers, seeing Yun Di enter, also greeted him respectfully.

Yun Di symbolically nodded his head in response.

Just then, the entire mountain suddenly shuddered violently……