The next day, at dawn, the sky had only just begun to brighten when Tianshu Pavilion's main hall was already filled with moving figures.
Clad in black, Chen Qing stepped into the hall.
Starlight flowed across the vaulted ceiling, illuminating the circular seats below. The atmosphere was far more solemn than usual.
His gaze swept across the hall. Elders from every lineage, stewards wielding real authority, and most of the foremost true disciples had already arrived, conversing in low voices.
Before long, he spotted Ruan Lingxiu.
She stood alone at the edge of the Jade Empyrean lineage's section, her delicate brows tightly furrowed.
"Senior Brother Chen."
Qu He hurried over. Following Chen Qing's gaze, he too saw Ruan Lingxiu and transmitted his voice, "Junior Sister Ruan... sigh. I heard that when Vein Master Su was ambushed this time, the original cause was a distress message she sent. He rushed to save her and fell into the trap. She's blaming herself terribly."
Chen Qing nodded. Su Muyun had been severely injured in the Demonic Sect's ambush because of her. The Jade Empyrean lineage had already thoroughly investigated the matter.
He asked, "Even with the sect's Grandmasters joining forces, they can't remove Vein Master Su's Profound Yin Curse?"
Qu He shook his head, his expression grave. "An ordinary Profound Yin Curse might be forcibly refined away. But Qi Xunnan's cultivation is unfathomably deep, and he has cultivated this curse to perfection. Its curse power clings like gangrene to the bone, deeply entangled with Vein Master Su's origin vitality."
"Vein Master Su has briefly regained consciousness. He is currently relying on his profound cultivation to forcibly suppress it and slowly refine the curse power."
At this point, Qu He knitted his brows. "That means the sect has effectively lost a Grandmaster-level expert for