Li Luo reached the Golden Dragon Bank without any trouble at all. Still, he wasn't surprised at the lack of ambushes. He was now a highly valued student in the eyes of the Astral Sage College. Not even the likes of House Jiyan or House Duze would dare to lay a finger on him, let alone Pei Hao.

Only someone as devious as Pei Hao could have thought of such a roundabout way to poison him indirectly.

Even if the school had learned about that, they could have done nothing. A neutral party could not actively reach out to shelter him from all the troubles that House Luolan was facing.

If they had been so inclined, they would already have done so back when Jiang Qing'e had revealed her ninth-grade light resonance. One...