Chapter 300 – An Unprecedented Fifth Rank Breakthrough - Part 2
“Never,” Li Yuan answered without blinking.
“Then why hide behind a Yin disguise? Afraid to show your true face?” At such close range, her fourth rank senses easily detected the Yin aura covering his face.
After a long silence, Li Yuan said quietly, “Please forgive the disguise.”
Gu Xuejian shook her head. “Enough. You saved my life and shared a secret of such weight. I have no right to pry.”
Li Yuan hesitated, then remarked, “When I met you earlier, your...personality was completely different.”
Gu Xuejian answered frankly, “A side effect that showed up after I reached fourth rank, nothing more.”
“It only appeared after your breakthrough?”
“Yes.” She nodded.
Li Yuan thought for a moment, took a silk pouch that normally held pills, tore a strip from his robe, pricked his finger, and wrote the words, Beware the temple master. He sealed the cloth inside the pouch and handed it over.
Gu Xuejian accepted it with a curious smile. “A sealed pouch?”
“Before you leave the Holy Tree Temple again, open it,” Li Yuan said solemnly. “If you forget...disaster will follow.”
“And if I open it sooner?”