185 Leaving the Tomb (2/2)
”Well then let us get out of here. It's so depressing not to see the sunlight and hear the birds sing after a few months!” Xue Wei sighed while glancing at the ceiling of the tomb.
He had pocketed every single eternal fire crystal in the tomb, and he had taken everything of value.
The storage ring on his finger was brimming with treasures, and Xue Wei truly felt he had benefited greatly.
The duo walked towards the only door into the inheritance room and opened it. However, rather than bring them back to the trial rooms, it had brought them directly back to the front room where Wang Xiaoyun was waiting for them.
Looking around, Xue Wei was a little surprised. There were no signs of Hei Gou; only Wang Xiaoyun was waiting for them.
When she saw the door opening, she jumped to her feet. At the sight of Xue Wei, a sweet smile fluttered across her lips, and her eye shone brightly.
”Welcome back!” she said happily, ”I have waited for months for you to return. I missed you so much!” Her voice was almost singsong and chirpy.
Xue Wei smiled warmly, but at the same time, there was a bit of worry in his eyes. ”I missed you too,” he said before embracing her.
”But where is Gou?” he asked. Wang Xiaoyun's face instantly turned hard and hostile within Xue Wei's embrace, but since her face was pressed against his chest, it was unnoticeable.
”He is outside,” she said after a bit of hesitation. ”We did not know how long the trials would take you, so he has gone to check whether or not the groups of Primordial Beasts have decided to leave the formation.”
”I see,” Xue Wei felt relieved. Although he did not want to doubt Wang Xiaoyun, he knew of her hatred for beasts. It was possible for her to have acted against him when no one was there to stop her, especially since he could guess that she had been forced to relive the death of her family.
”Let us leave this place and find Gou. After that, we have to rush back to the Black Iron Fortress and hand over the Seven Star Nightflower,” Xue Wei said as he buried his head in Wang Xiaoyun's hair and felt at peace.
”We could also keep the Seven Star Nightflower for ourselves and head towards the center of the continent,” Wang Xiaoyun said. Xue Wei shook his head.
”I promised I would do what I could to get the Seven Star Nightflower for him. If I had not been able to find the flower, then we could have proceeded, but now that I have found it, I have to hand it back. A man keeps his promises.”
”It could be dangerous,” Wang Xiaoyun reminded him. But Xue Wei was adamant in his stance.
”I have a few things I am suspicious about,” he suddenly said with a bit of a frown on his face.
”These Primordial Beasts were all sent here because of someone they called Elder Wan.”
”The Primordial Beasts were looking for the Seven Star Nightflower.”
”The Primordial Beasts had been warned about how there would be someone interfering with their mission.”
”Wan Qiang did everything he could to make the younger geniuses of the Skyward Empire kill each other.”
”There are so many things that do not add up. Is Wan Qiang the Elder Wan that the beasts were talking about? But if he was, why is it that he is known as the most outstanding expert in the Skyward Empire? If he truly wished to cause chaos, he could just kill everyone.”
Bai Tianyi and Wang Xiaoyun were quiet when they heard this. ”You said that Primordial Beasts have been hiding from you in the past?” she asked. Xue Wei shrugged his shoulders.
”I do not know if the Primordial Beasts have been avoiding me, to be honest, since I have not been close to any of the beasts, but I do know that Fierce Beasts hide from me.”
”Could it be that you have a bloodline similar to what I, a Wayfarer, have? And that the beasts can sense it?” Wang Xiaoyun asked curiously. Xue Wei shrugged his shoulders.
”I don't know,” he admitted, curious as to what Wang Xiaoyun had to say.
”I am thinking, maybe Wan Qiang is a Primordial Beast, and he noticed you, and then he sent you to the Seven Star Nightflower to have the Primordial Beasts kill you?”
”I don't think so,” Xue Wei sighed. ”When we left the city, Wan Qiang saved us more than once, and he has been very friendly and kind towards me.”
”If he truly wished to see me dead, then all he had to do was sit still and watch me die to the hounds chasing me.”
”Also, I do not think that Primordial Beasts can sense anything strange from me,” he explained.
”Hei Gou feels nothing from me, and you saw yourself how the other Primordial Beasts felt nothing either. They all see me as a very ordinary human.”
The two discussed as they made their way out of the tomb, but Bai Tianyi was silent the entire way. A knowing smile played on his lips, and his eyes glistened with amusement.