The Ruins Sea's Recent Situation, an Old Acquaintance Fleeing Disaster

"Senior, this humble one is Meng Ruxuan, daughter of the Meng Family of Green Forest Island. Is there anything I may do for you, Senior?"

After her brief shock, Meng Ruxuan quickly assumed a respectful expression. She gathered her skirts in a salute and asked, trembling with apprehension.

With this man's strength, if he could reach her father Meng Jinghao's side without a sound, killing her father with a casual strike would presumably be no difficult matter.

Therefore, this blue-robed cultivator's sudden arrival likely did not carry much ill intent.

The instant Meng Ruxuan spoke, Meng Jinghao beside her also belatedly noticed Wei Tu's presence. When he swept his divine sense over him, his pupils abruptly contracted.

Because he happened to recognize this man's appearance!

"Venerable Wei of the Extreme Mountain Sect!"

Meng Jinghao drew a sharp breath. Amid his shock, a measure of unease rose within him as well, though he concealed it skillfully. With his head slightly lowered, he turned and stepped aside, silently watching the exchange between Meng Ruxuan and Wei Tu.

What Meng Jinghao did not know was that every one of these subtle changes had already been caught by Wei Tu's divine sense.

Wei Tu did not expose this. Instead, his gaze sharpened as he swept it over the father and daughter, then asked blandly, "The scattered remnants of major sects fleeing from the Inner Ruins Sea, the Divine Mountain Sect's conscription... Could you explain in detail the matters you just mentioned?"

Crossing the "Northern Magnetic Primordial Light" from the northernmost reaches of the Great Flame Cultivation Realm to the Profound Ice Sea Region had taken him three years and one month, two years faster than he had estimated.

But... from Lüqiu Qingfeng's escape from the Ruins Sea until now, a full seven years had