Golden Dragon Mountain, fourth peak.

Lin Suo faced the trio, who were still panting from their close shave with the wasps and the energy barrier.

"You really came..." his voice trailed off on a note of amused disbelief.

"Lin Suo, are you that eager to get the writ? Why not come back to the Xia Kingdom's Golden Dragon Bank for a holiday with us?" Li Luo invited him warmly.

Lin Suo laughed and shook his head. "Why would I do something suicidal? Do you think I'm as dumb as the three of you? Three Pattern Genesis Tier cultivators chasing me? In the outside world, you would have been dead today."

"Perhaps not," Li Luo argued. "What if we made a plea so impassioned that it touched you and you decided to come back to the Xia Kingdom...