At the same moment Lu Feng was immersed in comprehending the array disk.
Outside the Saint Fire Underworld Abyss.
Jun Ziya had just finished her training and emerged from the Domain Realm, her gloomy expression carrying a trace of desolation.
Flame Sparrow and the other trusted subordinates under Jun Ziya had been waiting at the entrance.
The instant they saw their mistress emerge, Flame Sparrow led the others forward to greet her at once.
She did not know whether it was an illusion, but Flame Sparrow felt that after only a few days apart, her mistress seemed to have changed somewhat.
She still possessed that mature, calm, imposing, and dignified bearing, yet there seemed to be an additional charm between her brows that had not been there before, along with a faint sorrow.
Like a pure lotus after rain, touched by specks of mud—she had lost some of that otherworldly purity meant to be admired from afar but never profaned, and gained a soul-hooking, spirit-snaring allure that left one absent-minded and haunted by dreams after a single glance.
"Young Miss~" Flame Sparrow lowered her voice as she approached Jun Ziya, asking nervously, "Did your journey go smoothly? Did you successfully seize the Mystic Qi?"
A flicker of discomfort crossed Jun Ziya's frosty face. The scenes of Lu Feng binding her up still lingered in her mind, impossible to dispel.
She did not answer Flame Sparrow, merely nodding to herself.
Her gaze turned toward an old woman in embroidered robes standing some distance away.
Jun Ziya hesitated briefly, then slowly walked over and bowed. "Third Grandma, you have come out of seclusion?"
The old woman in embroidered robes fixed Jun Ziya with a sharp, clear-eyed stare. After a long while, she uttered a somewhat powerless question. "Was Second's death related to