Chapter 193: Crossroads Stree (1/2)

Chapter 193: Crossroads Street

Late into the night. Armament City was burning amidst intense flames as the buildings of the Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind Districts had all been set ablaze.

The martial practitioners of Dark Asura Hall, Dark Shadow Tower, Purple Mist Sea, Cloud Sky Mountain, and Seven Fiends Valley scoured the once bustling streets of the four great districts as they rounded up any Armament Sect practitioners.

In an alley which led to the Fire District, the cold face of Qin Lie, who was carrying Tang Siqi, was illuminated by the light from the flames. It seemed a bit more weathered and distraught than before.

This entire time he had constantly kept his soul consciousness projected, relying on it to avoid being noticed by higher level practitioners and to explore nearby areas.

Upon discovering any powerful practitioners patrolling in nearby districts, he would deliberately avoid those areas, willing to take the long way around rather than risk encountering those powerful practitioners.

He was still moving towards Armament Sect.

Tang Siqi’s stimulating and mature body laid on Qin Lie’s wide back. After being imprisoned with blood, she couldn’t circulate her spirit sea at all and could only blink helplessly as she lowered her eyes and looked at Qin Lie’s face.

A trace of tenderness, as well as a trace of luster, gradually emerged within her enticing and charming eyes.

“To be like this is also not bad…” she inwardly thought.

Qin Lie’s forward steps suddenly stopped.

They were currently in Fire District and were still a good bit of distance away from Armament Sect’s gate. However, at this point, they could already clearly see Flame Volcano.

Qin Lie’s line of sight passed through the gap between two stone buildings and landed upon Flame Volcano in the distance.

Flame Volcano was currently shrouded in dense darkness. From his point of view, he couldn’t even see a trace of fiery light.

Something wasn’t right!

Qin Lie’s expression became heavy.

Flame Volcano was the living quarters of the inner sect disciples and elders. Upon beginning to forge spirit artifacts, inner sect disciples and elders never cared about the time of day.

Thus, even at the darkest hour of the night, there would frequently be fiery light flickering atop Flame Volcano.

On the volcano, there were also usually a great number of luminous lanterns and crystals which would fill the night with light.

But currently, as he looked from where he stood, the volcano was completely shrouded in darkness. From the looks of it, it was completely silent.

A bad feeling emerged within Qin Lie’s heart.

He stopped where he was, his brows deeply furrowed as his inner heart was thrown into turmoil.

“Should I return to the sect or not?” Qin Lie repeatedly asked himself.

To be honest, he didn’t particularly have any deep affection towards Armament Sect as he had entered Armament Sect purely for the purpose of learning about how to smelt artifacts.

Moreover, even after staying in Armament Sect for the last year, he had only developed somewhat of a friendship with three people: Yi Yuan, Lian Rou, and Tang Siqi.

As for Sect Master Ying Xingran and the three great reverends, it was only because he had shown such extraordinary talent for artifact forging later on that they had treated him like such a genius. It was only because of this that they had ascended to the heavens in one step and treated him so well.

Qin Lie knew very well that the thing that caught their attention was only his talent, not himself.

Thus, he didn’t have any deep feelings for Ying Xingran and his followers.

He only truly had feelings for three people, the first one being Yi Yuan, the second one being Lian Rou, and the final one being Tang Siqi, who was on his back. That was it.

Currently, Yi Yuan had separated from Armament Sect and taken Lian Rou with him, and Tang Siqi was on his back.

At the moment, Armament Sect was under the joint assault of five great forces. The main goal of these five great forces was to exterminate Armament Sect so that they could capture and split its artificers.

It was also to take the wealth that Armament Sect had accumulated over the last few years!

As for him, he was on the execution list!

“Is there still any need for me to return? If I return, is there anything I can bring back to the sect?” Qin Lie asked himself.

He couldn’t find an answer. Somewhat at a loss, he couldn’t find a reason for him to need to return to Armament Sect even after quite some time.

After a while, he finally thought of a reason which convinced him. “My furnace! I need to forge those spirit artifacts! I also need those spirit materials!”

The spirit materials that he required for forging spirit artifacts for Ling Yushi and Ling Xuanxuan, along with his furnace, were all still within his cave.

He had promised Ling Yushi that he would definitely forge a spirit artifact for her. Without his furnace and those spirit materials, he would be unable to fulfill his promise.

Within the alley, he pondered for a while, ultimately deciding to make a trip to Armament Sect.

“If I really find myself at some helpless dead end, I’ll still have the Eye of Frost and can teleport back to the depths of the Arctic Mountain Range!” concluded Qin Lie in his mind.

“Let’s return to the sect!” said Qin Lie as he suddenly turned his head back to look at Tang Siqi.

Tang Siqi’s eyes just gazed upon his face, seemingly lost in a trance.

When Qin Lie had suddenly turned his head, he had caused Tang Siqi’s heart to suddenly be thrown into disorder. The slightest tinge of an intoxicating rosy blush appeared on Tang Siqi’s beautiful cheeks.

Light fluctuated within Tang Siqi’s eyes. Under Qin Lie’s gaze, she blinked. However, it was apparent that she was somewhat nervous.

“Alright.” Having understood her thoughts, Qin Lie didn’t bother saying any more and continued walking forward with her on his back.

Not long after, his footsteps stopped once again. He was currently in the area of a blazing, smoky street—Crossroads Street!

“Crossroads Street. Uncle Han and the rest were all staying at Crossroads Street. I wonder if Uncle Han is still alive?” thought Qin Lie once again as he watched sparks shoot across the street and listened to the tragic cries emanating from within.