"An outsider?"
"The one who possesses Saint Blood?"
When City Lord Gu Nian'an saw Chen Changan, his expression was just as grave.
Chen Changan couldn't figure out why these people cared so much about someone with Saint Blood. And what exactly were they so worried about?
Hadn't they created the key while waiting for him to appear?
Now that he had appeared, shouldn't that be a good thing?
Wasn't this what they had been hoping and praying for?
Why couldn't he see even a hint of joy?
"You may leave for now."
Gu Nian'an waved his hand, signaling for the others to go.
Once everyone had left, Gu Nian'an sighed helplessly, then looked at Chen Changan and asked, "Are you feeling confused?"
"Do you feel like a lot of things don't add up?"
Hearing his question, Chen Changan nodded. The Sacred War Ruins really were strange.
"I'm not sure what the outside world has been saying."
"But I believe people outside don't know the truth about how the Divine Realm was torn apart."
"It wasn't caused by a great battle."
"It was... a seal."
Chen Changan glanced at Gu Nian'an and asked, "You mean the main purpose of the Sacred War was to seal something?"
"You drained the Myriad Ancient Divine Realm and tore it apart just to seal this place?"
"What exactly did you seal?"
What was powerful enough to put so many experts of the ancient Divine Realm on high alert, drive them to gather in full force, and make them pay such a terrible price to seal it?
"Back then, we really did pay a heavy price."
"A million Divine Emperors gave their lives for it."
"And what we had to seal was a baby."
"A baby... who had only just been born."
A baby?
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