Yanyun City. After two years away, Xu Yue returned once more to Shaking Light's base in Yan Country.
Compared to last time, Xu Yue received an exceptionally grand welcome on this visit.
The First Sequence Holy Son! The future Shaking Light Holy Lord! Even though he was still only in the Wheel Sea Realm, no one here could compare to him in status.
"Has anything happened recently?"
Soaking in spiritual liquid for a bath, Xu Yue asked lazily.
A pretty maid who was scrubbing his back answered respectfully,
"After all the previous attempts, the Demon Emperor's Tomb has sunk into the earth and vanished without a trace. The Human race's supreme treasure, the Desolate Pagoda, has yet to appear."
"Oh? I hadn't even heard this news back in the sect. Did it happen recently?"
"It happened while Holy Son was on the way to Yan Country. Most of the Great Powers from the major sects and aristocratic families have already returned. This time, they suffered tremendous losses without gaining anything."
"What about the companions who were with me back then? Is there any information on them?"
Xu Yue asked again in an indifferent tone.
The maid immediately choked up. Back when Xu Yue had yet to rise to prominence, they had not specifically investigated such information. By the time rumors reached the sect that Xu Yue had become the First Sequence Holy Son and they hurriedly began looking into it, they discovered that most of those companions had already vanished without a trace.
They had only found Zhang Wenchang, who had been frustrated and unsuccessful. They gave him a respectable job, essentially making him Shaking Light's representative in the mortal world of Yan Country, responsible for communication between the mortal realm and Shaking Light.
It might have meant little in