Ji Lanxin took the Gathering Source Array Sun Liuliu had provided. With Wei Yuan assisting at her side, the Sun Family guards entered the array on command, responsible for supplying energy and replenishing the expenditure.
Nie Lingshan found it all rather dull and grumbled gloomily, "The other Sword Sects are all fighting and killing—how thrilling and exciting! Had I known, we should have gone with those Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect people to make trouble for the Azure Mountain Sword Sect and join in the fun. There's nothing fun about this place. It's boring me to death."
Lu Feng happened to overhear those words, and his expression abruptly changed. Though he had long anticipated that certain members of the Eight Great Sword Sects would target the Azure Mountain Sword Sect, hearing it confirmed still inevitably left him uneasy.
But when he considered the Azure Mountain Sword Sect's lineup on this journey, Chen Duxiao and the others had all made considerable progress compared to before. They should have enough ability to protect themselves. Besides, he could not extricate himself from his present situation, so he could only suppress that worry for the time being.
Yet unexpectedly, Chu Youwei beside him suddenly asked, "Miss Nie, what did you mean by the Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect going after the Azure Mountain Sword Sect?"
Nie Lingshan paused. She had not wanted to bother with Chu Youwei, whom she barely knew, but when she saw Liu Chu's curious gaze turn toward her as well, she answered out of boredom, "We ran into the Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect people on the way here. They said they had gathered the Crimson Fiend Sword Sect, the Phantom Sword Sect, and a few other forces to kill everyone from the Azure Mountain Sword Sect on this trip, to avenge the