QuFu Mountain.
Within Benevolent Heart Academy.
After finishing a round of cultivation, Tang Yuan saw Ye Fan hurrying back in a rush, and a flicker of unease immediately crossed his heart.
Before he could speak,
Ye Fan's voice reached him first. "Has Old Lu returned?"
Tang Yuan shook his head and asked in astonishment, "Didn't Old Lu go to Heavenly Cuisine Villa with you? Why didn't he come back with you?"
Ye Fan's expression changed drastically. Uneasily, he said, "I'm afraid things aren't good. What happened at the villa is a long story, but Old Lu is the greater concern right now. I reckon he may have gone alone to the Ghost Triangle Domain."
"What?" Tang Yuan was jolted. Having heard of that vicious place, he immediately grabbed Ye Fan's wrist and anxiously demanded, "Why would Old Lu go running off to that ghost place for no reason? Why didn't you stop him?"
Ye Fan gave a bitter smile. "I wanted to stop him, but I nearly lost my own life on this trip. I've spent the last two days hiding in Silk Washing House to recover. It was only when Xiao He was reading Jun Man Restaurant's latest intelligence scroll and I happened to glance at it that I began worrying about Old Lu."
Tang Yuan was stunned. "Jun Man Restaurant's intelligence scroll? What did it say? How does it involve Old Lu?"
Ye Fan spoke bluntly. "It reported that Azure Mountain Sword Sect suffered a severe blow, though that is nothing we need worry about—Old Lu should be able to handle it. What concerns me is another piece of news, regarding the successor of Blood Butcher Three Sabers."
Tang Yuan was even more bewildered. "Blood Butcher Three Sabers? That thing doesn't seem to have anything to do with