Chapter 702: The Invitation from the Divine Flame Sec (2/2)

People were scattered in different parts of the spacious hall, examining this curious palace.

Hua Mu and Zhen Huilan were gathered by the large-scale teleportation portal and marveling at its profundity.

Zong Zheng and Dong Wangling were going from one stone room to another, hoping to find something that the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace had left behind.

Qin Yan, Cao Qiushui, and the other juniors were standing in the middle of the great hall, gazing up through the transparent dome into the boundless starry river.

As they noticed that Nie Tian and Dong Li had come out of the stone room, they all laid their eyes on them, meaningful smiles filling their faces.

Dong Li avoided their gazes, while Nie Tian glanced around with a calm, confident expression.

At this moment, Li Langfeng’s voice echoed out from outside the palace. “Nie Tian, people from the Lei Clan are here, and they’re asking to see you.”

The whole palace was completely sealed. No one could see or hear anything from the outside, nor could their soul awareness penetrate these walls.

However, people inside had no problem sensing sounds or movements from the outside. Even juniors like Nie Tian could hear everything with great clarity, not to mention the Soul realm experts.

Li Langfeng’s exclamation caught everyone’s attention.

“The Lei Clan,” Hua Mu muttered, his eyebrows furrowed. “I wonder what they want.”

“Nie Tian, you’d better go meet them and see why they’re here.”

“Okay.” With this word, Nie Tian walked towards the closed stone gate. He pushed it open and walked through it.

As soon as he did, he saw Lei Tianqi standing next to Li Langfeng, along with a few Lei Clan members.

At this moment, Lei Tianqi was examining the magnificent palace with a disbelieving expression. Apparently, he was deeply shocked by it.

Upon seeing Nie Tian, he hastily took a step forward and said in an excited voice, “This... This palace was left here by the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, wasn’t it?”

Nie Tian smiled. “That’s right.”

Lei Tianqi looked up at the grand palace again. “No wonder...”

Then, he took a deep breath to calm himself before asking in a deep voice, “What’s inside, Nie Tian?”

Nie Tian smiled, but didn’t say anything.

Lei Tianqi instantly realized something. He smiled somewhat embarrassedly and said, “Sorry. I’m being rude. I’m just very curious.”

“What do you want me for?” Nie Tian asked.

“Umm, grand elder sent word to us that they’ve discovered something in the region he told you about,” Lei Tianqi said. “And their discoveries have something to do with the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. Grand elder wants me to ask you and see if you want to go there and take a look.”

Nie Tian’s eyes lit up. “Have something to do with the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace? Do you know what discoveries exactly?”

“Well, grand elder didn’t tell me the details,” Lei Tianqi said, looking embarrassed. “As you know, our clan is only one of the Divine Flame Sect’s subordinate forces. They don’t tell us many things.”

Nie Tian nodded. “Will I be able to go there any time I want?”

“Yeah, you can.” Lei Tianqi answered. “All you need to do is to use our teleportation portal in the Thunder Mountain Sect’s headquarters. You’ll get there after a few transits. However, grand elder has already asked me about your decision a few times, so it seems rather urgent. We’ve been looking for you everywhere, but didn’t have any clue about your whereabouts. It seems that it took you a long time to make your breakthrough.”

Considering Lei Tianqi’s cultivation base, it was only natural that he could see that Nie Tian had already entered the Worldly realm.

Therefore, he suspected that Nie Tian had conducted secluded cultivation somewhere during the time he had been missing.

“Alright,” Nie Tian said. “I’ll head to the Thunder Mountain Sect’s headquarters and go meet the grand elder as soon as possible.”

“That’s good to hear!” Lei Tianqi said, secretly giving a sigh of relief.

Yue Yanxi had sent word to him three times already during the past two weeks, instructing him to ask Nie Tian to go meet him. Therefore, he had been under great pressure.

Now that Nie Tian had appeared, he could finally give Yue Yanxi a satisfactory reply.

“You may return to the Heavenly Thunder Mountain Range now, Clanmaster Lei,” Nie Tian said. “I’ll be there soon.”

Lei Tianqi took another glance at the magnificent palace. In fact, he had hoped to stay and examine it. Yet now that Nie Tian had told him to leave, he could only do as he was bid.

He was well-aware that Nie Tian still hadn’t completely forgiven his clan for what they had done.