Master Zhuang immediately identified Chen Xuan as a practitioner of Transformation Force based on his movement, and he instantly drifted backward ten paces. He knew that for an expert in Transformation Force, ten paces was the distance within which he, a cultivator, would be most threatened.
Seeing Master Zhuang’s extreme caution, the crowd was astonished; even Scatterer Dayang, moments earlier, had not provoked such a defensive stance. Jiang Heng’s gaze toward Chen Xuan had shifted; he agreed with Master Zhuang that this young man was indeed an expert in martial arts. He had such martial artists under his own command, and he began to consider recruiting Chen Xuan.
"Master Zhuang, why the sudden retreat?" Chen Xuan asked, his expression one of playful mockery.
Chapter 142