Chapter 676

Old Ming was clearly taken aback. In the Taiqing Realm, almost no one chose to remain unaligned with any faction, because if trouble struck, you would at least have backing. If you were entirely on your own, you had to rely solely on yourself. People like that had a much lower survival rate, and improving their cultivation was considerably more difficult. More importantly, many factions showed no mercy when they encountered solitary cultivators—either forcing them to join or putting them to death. "Young man, not bad. You've got guts," Old Ming asked. "To boldly inflict heavy injuries on the Young Master of the Divine Eagle Stronghold without any sect or affiliation, while extorting a substantial amount of celestial stones into the bargain—aren't you afraid of their retaliation?"