The familiar appearance, the familiar tone, and the crane head that had once accompanied Fate Crane—it had appeared as well.
They had returned. All of them had returned.
Yet for Yang An, the oppressive feeling in his heart was overwhelming.
If Fate Crane was mercurial, then the crane head was pure malice. Facing the two of them at once, it felt as though the air had been sucked away in an instant, and Yang An began to suffocate.
"It wasn't easy to find you. If we hadn't happened to possess what you wanted, you wouldn't have come here of your own accord.
My little disciple, you're becoming more and more interesting."
The crane head was greatly pleased by Yang An's expression upon seeing them here. Like a recovered toy, the moment it saw that toy again, it could not wait to play with it.
Only then did Yang An finally understand. This had all been a trap laid by Fate Crane. He had placed the forbidden artifact fragment here, knowing Yang An would certainly come.
But one thing Yang An could not understand was how Fate Crane had known that he had fused with the forbidden artifact Golden Sun.
The forbidden artifact fragment he had obtained was not Golden Sun, but a Moon Shadow.
If Moon Shadow had been deliberately placed here by Fate Crane, then it meant it belonged to Fate Crane.
And Moon Shadow could copy and disguise itself as a forbidden artifact fragment, but it required an original as a reference—the true Golden Sun.
Could it be... that the true Golden Sun was in his hands as well?!
Looking at it this way, through that tiny incomplete portion, it was indeed possible to sense Yang An's existence through the same method and obtain guidance toward him.
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