The disciples of the Dark Clan clustered around the silver-black-haired youth who looked like a five- or six-year-old child, gazing enviously at the "collar" around his neck and showering him with praise.
"Say no more."
Gu Chi Xiaoying waved a hand, quickly calming down as he spoke to the crowd.
"Yes."
Unfortunately, only two people could travel together in the Ancient God Domain. Otherwise, many Dark Clan disciples would have wanted to remain by Gu Chi Xiaoying's side.
"Everyone, leave!"
Gu Chi Xiaoying did not wish to make too much noise. He understood well that one had to keep a low profile when carrying a great treasure.
At his command, the people in the heart of the vortex began to depart.
After the beast tide gradually withdrew, the Five Elements Sea slowly returned to tranquility. The central area kept shrinking as well, and it would likely soon be swallowed by the elemental divine calamities.
Most people were leaving, yet some had endured countless hardships to arrive only now.
While waiting, Li Tianming suddenly saw a familiar person enter the central area.
Gu Chi Xiaoying and the other Dark Clan disciples spotted him at once.
"Lin Hongchen?"
As Gu Chi Xiaoying spoke that name, his shadowy eyes brightened slightly.
He was a youth in white. His long hair was tied into a single bundle that hung straight down his back. His appearance was incomparably handsome, his sharply defined features seemingly carved from stone. Beneath sword-like brows lay a pair of deep, azure-blue eyes that glittered like a sea of stars, enough to make one fall into them with a moment's carelessness. Yet what left the deepest impression were his fingers—long and elegant, the hands of a natural swordsman!
What a beautiful young swordsman in white!
Though this was not Li Tianming's