He simply couldn't fathom what abilities this Golden Core realm individual must possess to make these three Nascent Soul elders treat the situation as if facing a formidable enemy, to the extent that they even had to notify him. However, he knew that he must return at this moment, leaving other matters aside, if there were others around Xiao Qiang and they discovered that Elder Lieyang wasn't actually dead, then today's act would have been for naught.
Indeed, Elder Lieyang wasn't dead at all. The severed head he had shown earlier was a fake, and the purpose of this deception is obvious—it was to make those of the Righteous Path believe in his loyalty to the Path, ensuring that they had no further reason to doubt him.
