The mark left by the Spirit Transformation cultivator finally vanished completely before the eyes of the four, due to True Lord Yiran's death and the attacks of the three Nascent Soul True Lords.
At the same time, within the secluded cultivation grounds of an Old Ancestor on the back mountain of Huaxian Sect in the Central Domain, a Spirit Transformation Old Ancestor emerged from seclusion. With an ugly expression, he tore open space and left the Central Domain.
The four who had escaped their predicament did not look well either. Yu Su watched Yunxi retrieve the Nine Nether Underworld Dragon Umbrella before speaking.
"Feng Xiyun, what exactly happened just now?"
Only after Yunxi swallowed a top-grade Spirit-Replenishing Pill did she answer.
"That senior from Huaxian Sect wanted to devour the Exotic Flame within my dantian. To stay alive, I dissolved my contract with the Exotic Flame. Desperate to break free of me, it quickly left my body. As for why it backlashed against True Lord Yiran, I have no idea."
She would never admit that True Lord Yiran's death had anything to do with her. Before everyone's eyes, that Exotic Flame had returned to True Lord Yiran's dantian, and then he had turned to ash. The flame had fled under everyone's watch afterward. No matter how they twisted it, it could not be linked to her.
Though the three were only half-convinced, they did not continue pressing Yunxi. After all, she had the lowest cultivation among the four and had even failed to keep her own Exotic Flame.
"We had best pray that Yiran's Old Ancestor will not come looking for trouble after we leave the Secret Realm."
Han Lian's voice was somewhat cold. There was no complaint in her words, only a reminder.
Though they had made an enemy