Chapter 1599: Soul Lamp Destroyed (1/2)
Since he didn’t kill me, there should be no reason for hi that he's speaking the truth I'll be walking right into their trap if I leave now
Ti out; it was time to make a decision
After a lance A cold smirk played at the corners of his mouth He turned decisively back and headed deeper into thethe mountains
It was an extremely risky move If the outer formation were to close, he'd never be able to leave until it was activated once more
The environment in the Blackwraith Mountains was extre Survival for half a month was perhaps doable, but death was aler than that
Unfortunately, he had no other choice He’d rather risk certain death than face a wrongfultihly three hundred thousand miles away from the Rejuvenation Isles, a beautiful, prosperous, mysteriously shrouded island was seen in the ed to Polylore Divine Nation, but it wasn’t particularly large, roughly the sadom
However, the land was extremely rich with spirit qi and could easily be mistaken for paradise The skies were a brilliant turquoise while the surrounding ocean shone ereen Various radiant beams only served to make it seem even more heavenly
House Xuan was the ruler of this island
In one of House Xuan’s secret real out from one of the rooms, panic and fear clearly written over his face
“This is bad This is bad! So lord Rui’s soul lahout the island like a bomb
Bewildered, House Xuan’s forefathers immediately appeared from all corners of the island
“What did you say?” One of the forefathers hauled the servant up “Say that again!”
The servant was as white as a sheet “Y-y-young lord Rui S-so bad’s happened to him”The other elders couldn’t be bothered to listen to a servant’s ras They swarmed to the sacred residence where the soul lareat faction had a rooures were kept If any mishap occurred, it’d be indicated on the lamp Thus, someone was always stationed there to monitor them
The elders quickly found that Xuan Rui's soul lamp had indeed shattered They could only stare du
“How can this be?!”
“da on?!”
The elders wanted to pull their hair out Xuan Rui wasn’t the only genius in the clan, but he was definitely the crea talent that was seen only once every millenia
A lot of hopes and expectations were riding on him, especially froenius who’d bear the weight of the entire clan on his shoulders one day Who could’ve ienius of this caliber would die so abruptly??
Increasing numbers of Xuan experts arrived Even the patriarch was dumbfounded by the news Now on the scene, he was purple with rage The elders were all gnashi+ng their teeth
“Isn’t Xuan Rui at the Rejuvenation Isles? Those brown-nosers have been licking our boots and sending ht aristocratic houses”
“Can this be their doing? How dare they?!”
“da! They must pay for this!”
“The Rejuvenation Isles… Rejuvenation Isles!!” Soe Slowly but surely, the patriarch regained his cool He raised his hands to beckon the crowd to calht aristocratic houses careeeniuses, escorted by our own respective guardians No one of sound mind would dare ambush our team Are their lamps still lit?”
“Yes They‘re fine for now”
The patriarch nodded “Mm This proves that it could very well be just an accident The Rejuvenation Isles planned to host a te trial for us Perhaps an unforeseenthe trial”
“I are both weaker than Xuan Rui Why would they be fine if Xuan Rui isn’t?”
“I concur Patriarch, te trials from that backwater can’t possibly prove too difficult for Xuan Rui He also took many of our treasures with hienius I’d be the first to doubt that he died in an accident”
“Indeed It wouldn’t be a surprise if this had happened to soeniuses But Xuan Rui has consistently placed fourth to fifth in peer rankings, right?
“Can it be soested