Chapter 682: An Unforeseen Turn of Events (1/2)

Chapter 682: An Unforeseen Turn of Events

Nie Donghai, Nie Qian, and Dong Li were brought in front of the grand elder of the Divine Flame Sect, helplessness filling their faces.

Yue Yanxi from the Divine Flame Sect shot a nasty glare at Lei Tianhong. “What’s with the lightning chains on their necks?”

“Umm... They are to prevent them from escaping or committing suicide.” Lei Tianhong came out with the truth.

After observing in silence for a while, Lei Tianqi finally couldn’t help but say with a confused expression, “Grand elder... We only did this so that you could strip Nie Tian of those fragmentary star marks as soon as you arrive.”

“Who told you that you could take it upon yourself to make such a decision?!” With these words, Yue Yanxi jerked his head towards Nie Donghai and made a grabbing motion towards his neck.

“Nie Tian already came as you demanded. What are you still doing?!” Dong Li shouted in her womanly voice.

Nie Qian’s face turned pale with fright.

Nie Donghai, however, closed his eyes and didn’t utter a word or move a bit, as if he knew that since they had lost their value, the Divine Flame Sect had decided to finish them off, leaving no future trouble.

However, Yue Yanxi laid his fingers gently on the lightning chains.

BZZZ!

With an effortless flick of his fingers, the lightning chains around Nie Donghai’s neck snapped in an instant.

Lei Tianhong gave a muffled groan, a hint of a pained look appearing in his eyes.

It was him who had created those lightning chains and infused each of them with a wisp of his soul power, which was eliminated the moment the lightning chains snapped.

Nie Donghai’s eyes snapped open, and he stared at Yue Yanxi with a deeply confused look on his face.

BZZZ! BZZZ!

Without saying a word, Yue Yanxi went on and snapped the lightning chains around Nie Qian and Dong Li’s necks.

“Grand elder!?” Lei Tianqi exclaimed, looking deeply puzzled.

With three wisps of his soul power eliminated, Lei Tianhong looked to be in quite a large amount of pain. Even still, he didn’t dare to say a word.

Yue Yanxi smiled somewhat embarrassedly as he asked with a surprisingly warm voice, “Who are you to Nie Tian?”

“I’m his grandfather.”

“I’m his aunt.”

“Well... I’m his fiancee.”

The three of them answered one by one.

By this point, they had all noticed Yue Yanxi’s strange behavior and were wondering what this expert from the Divine Flame Sect wanted to do.

“The Lei Clan’s previous behavior was very inappropriate. I’d like to apologize to you on their behalf.” With these words, Yue Yanxi jerked his head towards Lei Tianqi and Lei Tianhong, fixing them with a stern look. Then, he turned his head back towards Nie Donghai and said, “I instructed the Lei Clan to find the person who’s received the legacies of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, but I meant no harm.

“However, these idiots misunderstood me and took it upon themselves to kidnap you to force Nie Tian to give himself up. I’m very sorry for their despicable behavior.”

With these words, the middle Void domain Yue Yanxi, whose status in the Divine Flame Sect was only second to the sectmaster, actually bowed respectfully towards Nie Donghai, Nie Qian, and Dong Li.

The Lei brothers stood aghast.

The same went for Nie Donghai, Nie Qian, and Dong Li.

“Where’s Desolate City?” Yue Yanxi asked with a stern face.

“Not far from here,” Lei Tianqi answered hastily.

Yue Yanxi then summoned an air-transportation spiritual tool that was in the shape of a bird and beckoned for Nie Donghai, Nie Qian, and Dong Li to come on board.Afterwards, he turned to the Lei brothers and ordered, “Show me the way! We’ll meet Nie Tian in Desolate City!”

The Lei brothers exchanged a glance, their faces growing grim, as if they knew something bad was going to happen.

However, they didn’t dare to say anything. Seeing the impatient look on Yue Yanxi’s face, they hastily flew through the curtain of lightning bolts that surrounded the volcano, and traveled towards Desolate City at a moderate speed.

Yue Yanxi started the air-transportation spiritual tool and followed the Lei brothers into the distance.

With a confused expression, Dong Li couldn’t help but ask, “Senior, so your sect didn’t tell the Lei Clan to do what they did?”

“We only wanted to find Nie Tian, but we never told them to use such a despicable method.” With these words, Yue Yanxi took a glance at the wounds around their necks, which had clearly been caused by the lightning chains. “Rest assured. We’ll make amends for what’s been done to you and Nie Tian.”

At this moment, Nie Donghai finally couldn’t help but say, “If I may ask... What’s going on?”

Yue Yanxi hesitated briefly before saying, “Sorry, I can’t discuss the details with you. I can only talk to Nie Tian about that. But I can assure you that we never harbored the intention of stripping Nie Tian of his fragmentary star marks. You have to believe that my sect has no evil intentions toward Nie Tian.”