The person who came was Gu Ruochen, ranked first on Sword Sect’s Heaven Ranking and the chief disciple of the Scarlet Firmament Peak that Mu Xueqin mentioned many times before. He had already reached the fourth-pulse Dragon Pulse Realm in the God Burial Forest.

Lin Yun had seen his portrait on the Heaven Ranking, so he had already speculated long ago. He knew that this person must be Gu Ruochen or Ye Qingxuan, who were ranked first and second on the Heaven Ranking. Because the other party didn’t reveal any killing aura, the other party was clearly here to probe his strength.

When he removed his mask, Lin Yun saw that it really was Gu Ruochen. Looking at Gu Ruochen’s youthful face, he could tell that this person wasn’t old, but he looked old and lacked the vibrantness of a youth.

“I heard that you killed the Demonic Ranking’s four rising stars with the expelled disciple of the Profound Sky Sect, Jiang Tong, among them?” Gu Ruochen casually sat down and looked at Lin Yun with flames blazing in his pupils.

Those words stunned Lin Yun because not many...