Of course, these thoughts were only held by disciples who hadn't yet reached the Transcendent level.
Those who had become Transcendent were old foxes and wouldn't be swayed by such chatter.
Especially Yang Xiu, who never let his guard down and kept his knife at the ready.
He was a cautious man. Unfortunately, he fell short at the very beginning. If he hadn't given Li Changhe time to think and directly attacked him instead...
Then Li Changhe would only have two choices: kill him and become the enemy of all the martial artists, or retreat into the forest.
The second choice was to flee, but the outcome would be almost the same. If the martial artists spread this information to other forces, it was likely that even those in conflict with each other would join forces to kill the four of them first.
So, it was crucial to divert the topic.
