"Lu Qingzhu?"
Time flew by. Several months later, that incomparably familiar figure entered his sight once more.
A dazed feeling surged through his heart like a tidal wave.
"Shen Fan?"
In the darkness, a hint of surprise quietly appeared on Lu Qingzhu's originally frost-cold face.
"Why are you here?"
The refined young man at the head of the group had a fleeting flash of killing intent in his eyes beneath the flickering firelight and interwoven shadows.
Yet he put on an act, assuming a puzzled expression as he asked, "Junior Sister? You two know each other?"
"More... more or less!"
A troubled look appeared on Lu Qingzhu's face, and her tone carried a trace of hesitation. "Senior Brother Qianyu, he has some connection to me. I hope Senior Brother can save him!"
"Since he knows Junior Sister Lu and is a disciple of our Heavenly Xuan Sect, naturally we must save him!"
Upon hearing that, Shen Fan looked at the young man in surprise, his eyes carrying several traces of anger as he demanded, "You're Bai Qianyu?"
"Presumptuous! How dare you directly call Senior Brother Bai by name?"
The other two Inner Sect Disciples shouted sharply, their voices like thunder.
Shen Fan remained silent, merely staring at Bai Qianyu with dark, sinister eyes, his gaze seemingly capable of piercing through one's heart.
Li Qingshan had sent people to assassinate him, and this man was the mastermind behind it.
And Lu Qingzhu's mutated spiritual root, as well as her successful entry into the inner sect, seemed to have become a foregone conclusion.
Besides...
Old Man Duan's words before his death had made Shen Fan determined to kill Bai Qianyu.
Behind that seemingly boundless splendor, who knew how many unspeakable secrets were hidden?
More than ten years ago, Bai Qianyu had massacred