Guardian of the Realm

"Hmph!" Xu Xuanjing's tone was displeased, and the anger in her eyes deepened several degrees. "Since you recognize who I am, why are you still blocking my way?"

Rather than answering directly, Wu Liang asked, "What business does the Holy Maiden have? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"My younger brother, Xu Kuluo, was killed in the Black Life Realm!" Xu Xuanjing's voice abruptly rose.

Hearing this, Wu Liang froze, his mind going blank for a moment.

The younger brother of the Holy Maiden, a direct descendant of the Void Sect—how could he have been exiled to the Black Life Realm?

That was the Void Sect, one of the foremost great powers in the Clear Origin Realm.

Even if their direct descendants committed the gravest of wrongs, they should not have been exiled to that desolate place.

But when he saw Xu Xuanjing's breathtakingly beautiful face, he quickly came to his senses.

This "younger brother" was not that kind of younger brother—he was a "sworn younger brother" Xu Xuanjing had taken in.

This Holy Maiden's reputation for beauty had spread far and wide. Calling him a "sworn younger brother," he was most likely actually her lover.

Who in the Void Sect did not know that the Holy Maiden liked gathering handsome, silver-tongued men and taking them as her "younger brothers"?

And that Xu Kuluo was presumably just one among them.

Thinking back now, he seemed to recall that several hundred years ago, there really had been someone named Xu Kuluo exiled to the Black Life Realm.

He had heard that the man was arrogant and overbearing, provoking someone he should not have provoked, and thus received such punishment.

He was merely a male favorite, yet Xu Xuanjing had personally come here and even wanted to use her influence to