Divine Beast.

"Me?" Li Jun asked as he turned around to face the core disciple of the Supreme Sword Sect. "I don't believe we have met before."

He tried to recall if he had seen the man before, but his face wasn't familiar. Maybe they had met somewhere, but whatever had happened didn't make enough of an impact for him to remember.

"We haven't," the man said with a smile as he floated forward. Li Jun realized for the first time that the man was above the core refining stage—as Master Cao had called it, he had reached the Earthly Spirit stage.

Li Jun couldn't figure out his intentions, but Master Cao didn't react at all. He just waited for a moment as the rest of the Master flew back toward their disciples.

"I heard something interesting." The core disciple said. "A young man wearing dark blue robes saved one of our sect disciples after his leg had been severed by a beast. Were you perhaps the one that rushed to his rescue?"