Quite some time passed before Chen Jinlong came back to his senses. All he could think was—

Flee!

I have to seize the moment and flee. Who knows what will happen if I really travel alongside that star of calamity?

What if, the moment that jinx finds himself in a bad mood, he decides to use me to vent his anger?

Will I have to kneel like that time at the House of Prosperity?

If so, I’ll embarrass myself in the provincial capital too!

Chen Jinlong couldn’t be bothered explaining himself to his friends. After a few hurried words of farewell, he turned and fled.

The night skies were dark as ink, and the streets were bright with lanterns. 

After leaving the Auspicious Inn, Chen Jinlong rushed straight out of Yangku Town.

But before he’d gotten even halfway, someone blocked his path.

“Please wait up, my young friend,” said a lean man in warrior's robes.

“Dammit, what the fu—...” Chen Jinlong didn’t have the patience for this and was just about to curse the man out when their eyes met. His entire body went rigid, and he forced the profanities back down.

A Grandmaster!? He quivered from head to toe; the man’s presence was subdued, but Chen Jinlong knew full well that only an Inner Furnace Realm Grandmaster had an aura like that!

“What can I do for you, Senior?” asked Chen Jinlong...