Zhang Ergou ignored Chen Changan's teasing and continued to ask, "Did you kill them?"
"Who?"
Seeing Chen Changan play dumb, Zhang Ergou said bluntly, "There are only two reasons someone's name disappears from the Cultivation Ranking. First, they left the Eternal Land. Second, they died."
"The three of them came to see you today. It couldn't have been the first, so only the second possibility remains."
"You said that you... can kill people."
After Zhang Ergou finished speaking, Chen Changan smiled. "Maybe they just left the Eternal Land?"
"Oh, could they have gotten homesick and gone back home?"
"Just look at them, leaving without a word. They've got everyone worried."
"Sigh, young people these days are such a handful."
Seeing that Chen Changan refused to admit it, Zhang Ergou furrowed her brow and continued, "Their auras disappeared right here. And you're telling me you don't know anything?"
"That's right, they did leave from here, so of course their auras disappeared from here. What's wrong with that?"
"Chen Changan, you..."
"After their auras vanished, they never appeared again. There isn't a trace of them anywhere in Eternal City."
"There's only one possibility: they were killed, completely and utterly, their souls scattered and their spirits annihilated."
Hearing this, Chen Changan put on a shocked expression. "You mean there's a terrifying being hiding in Eternal City, someone capable of killing people?"
"My heavens! How can this person be so monstrous? If my guess is right, this person must have an extraordinary bearing, be handsome and dashing, possess heaven-defying strength, and have astonishing potential!"
After Chen Changan finished speaking, Mu Yunyao and Da Huang silently lowered their heads beside him, doing their best to suppress the trembling corners of their mouths. Their minds were filled with all the painful memories of those years.
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