Chu Youwei stood nervously at Lu Feng's side. So much time had passed, yet his consciousness showed no sign of withdrawing from the sword stele, and she could not help growing anxious.
Just moments earlier, Ji Lanxin's side had already completed the initial repairs to the grand array. The tremors shaking the earth and mountains here had been caused entirely by changes in the array under her influence.
The Frostlight Sword Sect party naturally understood their current situation. Led by Nie Yuanbai, they all headed toward Crotch Mountain.
They knew that once the array was fully repaired, the struggle for the treasured swords would begin. The closer they got to Crotch Mountain, the more they found that, aside from the vacant sword steles, all the rest held peerless treasured swords of the Heavenly grade.
The group passed by where Lu Feng and Chu Youwei stood.
Xi Hongye snorted unhappily. "No skill, yet you insist on showing off. Now, not even immortals can save you."
Since Lu Feng had spurned her goodwill, Xi Hongye's angry words carried no small measure of schadenfreude.
Although Lu Feng's consciousness remained within the sword stele, sounds from the outside still reached his ears. Knowing that his own situation was secure, he did not take her words too seriously. Instead, he secretly sighed in relief when he realized that Xi Hongye and the others had not sensed the Sword Intent he was suppressing.
But Xi Hongye's words sent Chu Youwei's heart into a panic.
Though she vaguely sensed what Ji Lanxin's repair of the array signified, she still asked fearfully, "Miss Hongye, what do you mean by that?"
Xi Hongye, who had already walked some distance past them, turned back with a smile and said smugly, "You'll know soon enough. When this place is thrown into