Chapter 459 - So close (2/2)

The trader's posture suddenly became alert and he backed up a few steps, looking towards Hao Xuan warily.

”Dear customer, I'm afraid that's not possible,” he said adamantly.

'Tsk, so close.'

”Fine then,” Hao Xuan waved his hand like it was no big deal and grinned, ”Plan B it is then.”

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Ahead of the upcoming storm, it had already started to drizzle which when mixed in with the poisonous fog in the air turned it into acid rain.

”Are you sure it's here?” Fulke peaked his giant head out of the cave and looked towards a certain direction. ”What if they're not here?”

”They are there,” Ceni replied confidently. Her tone was so certain that it left no place for doubt. She was cutting up what was left of her dress and tying it up.

Henrik was sitting a few feet away from them. Hazel was rubbing a yellow paste on the soles of his feet which were bleeding. He let out a deep sigh and looked towards Ceni.

”It has been a hell of a few days. If not for Lady Ceni, we would have been captured as well. But...are you sure about this?”

The few people they had were injured or completely exhausted. They hadn't rested a single moment after landing here and since most of their cultivations were sealed, there was no way for them to recover.

Ceni tied up the last scrap of her dress, covering the most essential areas and stood up.

”If you don't want to go then just stay here,” she said plainly and walked out in the greenish rain. The sun had set and it was getting darker and darker by the second but, it did little to stop her.

Of the two princesses that always followed Cenni around, one had actually received serious injuries while resisting the first wave of the roaches that found them, while the other helped her escape. In the end, both of them were taken by the roaches.

If not for their sacrifices, Ceni would have never escaped. And now that she had recovered some of her cultivation, she wanted to find her friends. Coincidentally, as she followed some of the roaches back to this series of valleys, she felt that same old feeling, a feeling of emptiness wanting to be filled.

Ceni's body urged her to seek out this feeling that was so close to her. And the nearer she got, the warmer it felt, making the coldness that was invading her soul inch away bit by bit.

This feeling was coming from the blood that was gestating in Hao Xuan's body but she didn't know that. To her, it was just a strong desire to be as close as possible to him.

She was able to feel his presence and used it to pinpoint the roach camp location. Of course, she never expected him to go in there on his own and instead thought he was also taken prisoner.

Fulke turned around and looked at Henrik, who with Hazel's help, slowly stood up.

”If she is right, Hao Xuan should also be there. We have no choice but to go,” he said weakly.