An Jing looked at his own palm, wondering if he had unknowingly been infiltrated by the evil spirit's energy.
Xiao Qianqiu looked toward An Jing and said, "You have done what I originally intended to do."
Ultimately, Zhao Zhiwu's last desperate attempt to break through to the Great Grandmaster level was supposed to involve Xiao Qianqiu buying him time, but in reality, it was An Jing who defeated Taiyin Kui and held back Zongzheng Huachun.
Xiao Qianqiu was indeed the backup, as he was the State Preceptor after all.
An Jing pondered for a long while and then asked, "What about that Golden Dragon?"
"A wisp of thought from the Earth Vein Spirit, it wanted to escape from the seal of the Dragon Locking Well," explained Xiao Qianqiu slowly.
