Chapter 5631

Jared listened, eyes wide with undisguised amazement.

The moment he heard Sylvia’s invitation, Jared’s brows knitted. He turned and studied her as though she were a puzzle box he could not quite pry open. This was Heaven Gate Sect’s ruins-hallowed ground to half the realm-so why in the world would she want him tagging along?

If her plan amounted to nothing more than a token apologay, he would never buy it. Only a fool would.

Seeing that wary glint in his eyes, Sylvia rushed her words, each syllable tumbling out in earnest urgency. “We’ve located the entrance to the ruins, but the passage is sealed tight. We can’t force it, so I was hoping you could help us pry it open.”

“You actually think I can break through whatever protects that doorway?”

The question slipped out before he could stop it. Confusion shadowed his features because he genuinely had no clue why she believed he possessed that kind of leverage.

Yes, Jared could hold his own against cultivators at the peak of the Human Immortal Realm. But Sylvia was already standing in the lofty Heavenly Immortal Realm-and even she had failed. By what logic would he succeed where she had not?