My Life Is Gone

Inside a General's Tent converted from Imperial Concubine's Boudoir.

Xiao Ran lay on the bed, seemingly taking a nap, but in reality, he was staring at the Black Ring Group without moving.

After the Primate made their calls, the group fell silent.

But Xiao Ran could see that many people were online, but they all seemed to be silent.

After a quarter of an hour of silence, someone who had just logged on finally responded.

[The Stated Dao: Have you found the inscription?]

Xiao Ran was surprised that the first person to speak was Stated Dao, and that he showed no interest whatsoever in the Primate mentioning his own affairs.

This made Xiao Ran lose face, and she was glad that she wasn't in the group.

Inscription.

The Primate's goal was indeed the inscription! [Primate: Not yet, but the inscription is definitely in Flamefree City. I can sense it. Within three days at most, I'll be able to pinpoint its exact location.]

Xiao Ran could sense that Stated Dao and Primate were among the more senior members of the group, and they got along well and could keep up with each other's conversations.

At this point, someone else spoke up.

[No Money Get Lost: As expected of Ancient Stele that can hide itself, even our Primate ancestors had to spend so much time searching for it.]

Xiao Ran felt that besides being greedy for money, this person seemed to be an expert in intelligence gathering, and his words were vaguely trying to extract information.

Primate, however, don't buy into that at all.

[Primate: Are you laughing at me?]

"No Money Get Lost: Absolutely not."

[Primate: You'd better not be.]

"No Money Get Lost!" The Primate immediately fell silent. Well done, primates!

Xiao Ran thought to himself.

Soon, Little Mist, an old acquaintance who had been giving Xiao Ran a headache, made her appearance.

[Little Mist: Senior, you'd better hurry. Li Wuxie has been guarding outside the Underworld for five days, and no one has come out. He's getting impatient and is about to make a move against the Great Underworld.]

Little Mist was still outside and hadn't followed him into the Underworld.

[No Money Get Lost: Is Li Wuxie the former Nascent Soul Sword Saint whose Cultivation Level dropped to the Nascent Soul? I have some inside information about him, it's very exciting.]

[Primate:...]

Xiao Ran frowned.

The ellipsis in "Primate" is quite intriguing.

"If No Money Get Lost! You really do know all sorts of information!"

[Little Mist: Don't underestimate Li Wuxie. Although his Cultivation Level is only at the Nascent Soul stage, his Lifebound Sword, Boundless Innocence, can quickly leapfrog to his previous Cultivation Level the Body Integration Realm. Coupled with his divine swordsmanship, which is even stronger than before, severely injuring Da Ming with a single sword strike is no problem.]

Li Wuxie severely injured Da Ming with a single sword strike? Is he really that strong?

Xiao Ran felt that, given this guy's straightforward and prideful personality, he might really go berserk and attack! If he went too far with his sword, all three million people in Flamefree City would suffer.

Xiao Ran suddenly panicked.

[Primate: If you are of a high enough status, please help me stall him for two days. Just two days, and I'll change my plans.]

[Little Mist: I'll try my best.]

What if the status is not low?

As expected, no one in the Black Ring Group knew each other's identities.

And Little Mist's status seems to be quite high.

[Primate: Unilateral Eternity will not have ended in vain; this success will determine the course of the Cultivation World for the next hundred years.]

[Rumor: Has the topic finally circled back to the man who killed Eternity?]

[Body Severing: My intelligence indicates that this Xiao Ran is quite young, a rather handsome young man.]

[Gentleman:...]

[Primate: Not only handsome, but also able to restrain himself before my Virgin Split Body without using Spiritual Power, he's no ordinary person.]

[Gentleman: Why do I get the feeling that every single one of your clones is a virgin? Isn't there a better way? Why do you always have to resort to this trick?]

[Primate: So-called salvation, even with ruthless means, may not succeed. In this Dharma Ending Era, nothing is easy. Don't be too arrogant, young man.]

[Gentleman: Maybe he just doesn't like women?]

I recognized him immediately; this guy is not only a sycophant, but also a chatterbox and a contrarian.

[Primate: Even women can't withstand it.]

Even women can't handle it?

Xiao Ran could still feel the warmth in his palm.

Thinking back to the young palace maid from last night, her delicate face and tender figure... were indeed radiant!

If I hadn't been so exhausted at the time, it might have really turned out to be a tragedy.

[Rumor: Is the senior trying to plead for Xiao Ran?]

[Primate: He's a talented individual, but it's a pity he might betray the Dao Alliance. Killing him like this seems wasteful. What suggestions do you all have?]

The Tao that Stated Dao: Don't worry about what others think, just do what you believe in your heart.

[Primate: Okay.]

[The Stated Dao: But perhaps you should consider one thing, you might not be able to kill this person.]

[Primate: Do you understand him?]

[The Stated Dao: It's just an intuition; it's impossible for Heavenly Fortuned One to kill anyone from the Black Ring Group.]

The Heavenly Fortuned One! Xiao Ran felt a chill run down his spine, as if he had been seen through in an instant.

This guy is terrifying!

Then, someone even more terrifying appeared.

[Mad Hunt: If you put it that way, brother, I'm really getting excited! My favorite thing in life is taking down those who can't be killed, or those who can't die.]

The entire room fell silent.

Everyone is still here, but no one is speaking.

He's a total aloof fanatic!

Xiao Ran waited for a long time, until everyone else went offline with their names turned gray, but he still didn't receive a single word.

Finally, Mad Hunt got bored and logged off, successfully ending the conversation.

This time, however, the song "[Seen the Vast Sea, No Immortal Compares n't be an immortal]" was never released.

Xiao Ran stood up.

After searching the palace again, spreading his Resonance Divine Sense as much as possible, he still couldn't find the Primate clone, the young palace maid Qingqing.

Xiao Ran then used the Blood Jade Bone, which was fused with his bloodline, to try to locate his Master's position.

It turned out that Master had actually left the main street and was wandering aimlessly in the air on his sword?

Sword Flight in the underworld?

That's incredibly ambitious!

Could they be investigating something? Even Master has started taking action, so Xiao Ran has no reason to wait any longer.

Time waits for no one.

Xiao Ran immediately summoned Lin Bao.

First, he was asked to find a map of the underground fortifications of Flamefree City, as well as a map showing the locations of wells, private mines, and deep cellars within the city.

Based on the Primate's accounts, it is speculated that the stone tablet was likely underground, buried in the soil.

Therefore, going deep underground allows for closer investigation.

If the distance is close enough, Xiao Ran feels that he can use his Resonance Divine Sense to find the location of the stone tablet.

With the map in hand, Xiao Ran began assigning tasks to the Imperial Guards.

Lin Bao personally assembled an underground search team to secretly search for the whereabouts of the inscription. Once the inscription was found, three fireworks were set off in the city as a signal.

"Yes!"

Lin Bao immediately accepted the order and left.

Xiao Ran turned around and went to find Liu Mingyang in the Imperial Physician's Chamber.

"Time is a bit tight. Take all three pills, we need to get going."

"Time is tight?"

Liu Mingyang was slightly taken aback, thinking that Xiao Ran might have obtained the latest intelligence.

Xiao Ran nodded; he wouldn't reveal any information about the Black Ring Group to anyone.

"Even my Master is taking action, do you think time is tight?"

"Then we should set off."

After taking the three pills, Liu Mingyang absorbed the medicinal power of one of them.

He not only has unique techniques for infusing medicine, but his absorption speed through his Dantian also far surpasses that of Xiao Ran.

Fifteen minutes later, Liu Mingyang walked out of the Imperial Physician's Chamber.

He tore off the bandages and cleaned away the medicine residue, and suddenly he looked radiant as if he hadn't been injured at all.

He suddenly realized that buying three pills from Xiao Ran for a few hundred Spirit Stone wasn't such a bad deal after all.

Do you have any leads?

Xiao Ran asked him.

"Not yet."

"Then let's go to the place where you and the team leader got separated."

"Good."

After a brief rest, the two quickly set off.

According to the underground map, the two went deep underground through the secret passage of the Imperial Guards and soon found a dry underground Deep Well.

Carefully climbing down the dry well, the two found an abandoned entrance to an ancient riverbed at the bottom of the well.

The ancient riverbed was buried in the cracks of the rocks underground, and it took two people constantly wielding their swords to clear a path through it.

"Yesterday, Team Leader Cao and I got lost in this very spot."

Liu Mingyang said.

Xiao Ran looked at the newly opened river channel and saw that it was very narrow, only wide enough for one person to walk on, and even two people walking side by side would have difficulty.

"How can you get lost in this godforsaken place?"

Liu Mingyang said, "That's why I said it's very strange."

As they were talking, a rustling sound seemed to come from the crack in the rock, sometimes faint, sometimes faint.

A faint Wraith Fog of darkness permeated the surroundings, but the rustling sound did not come from the Wraith Fog.

The atmosphere was extremely eerie.

Xiao Ran frowned and asked, "Did you hear a faint rustling sound?"

Liu Mingyang listened intently, then shook his head.

There was no sound.

Next, the two followed the cracks in the riverbed, wielding their swords as they moved forward.

Xiao Ran was in front, Liu Mingyang was behind.

Xiao Ran his sword with extreme decisiveness, seemingly relying on a surge of passion and courage to advance without any fear.

Liu Mingyang exclaimed that Xiao Ran's boldness was completely unlike that of a young man in his early twenties.

After all, before this, the team leader was walking behind and he was walking in front. The two were talking when he turned his head and saw that the team leader was gone.

Now.

He followed behind Xiao Ran, tapping the stones with his sword to see if there were any hidden passages on either side.

As I walked, I unconsciously raised my head.

Xiao Ran is gone.