Reckoning

The Flower Banner Corporation caravan would not remain in Rhine for much longer. In two more days, it would begin its return journey.

Liu Yi checked the time.

According to the original arrangement, the three who had left the caravan should have returned by now... If they did not rendezvous, the caravan would depart first.

She was not worried about Gu Shen.

Given Little Gu's way of handling things and his current strength, there were very few people in the vast Central Continent who could cause him trouble.

She was worried about Nan Jin.

No one understood the Lu Family's stubbornness better than she did. Xiao Lu had told Madam that she had come all the way to Central Continent merely to take a look at Source Tower, but could it really have been that simple?

The thought had barely crossed her mind when a familiar voice sounded in Liu Yi's Mental Sea.

"Aunt Liu, I... I'm back."

The voice sounded extremely weak.

Liu Yi immediately looked vigilantly toward the corner. In the darkness where the voice had come from, she could vaguely make out the figure of a woman in a black robe, looking bleak and frail.

She quickly scanned the surroundings. Only after confirming that no one was nearby did she hurry over.

The moment she drew close.

Lu Nan Jin collapsed limply into her arms.

Liu Yi carefully lifted a corner of her robe. Lu Nan Jin's injuries were severe. Crimson wounds had split open across her snow-white skin. Scorched by flames, the wounds had nearly fused with her clothing, giving off waves of a bloody stench.

"How did you get hurt this badly?" She was shocked and furious, her tone anxious.

"I fought with a genius from Source Tower..." Lu Nan Jin said hoarsely. "It's fine.