Traces of September

Facing this situation, Bai Jun turned to look at the black-clad masked man in surprise, but the other party remained silent, seemingly just as puzzled.

"Roar!!"

After a strange roar, battle erupted once more within the hall.

Yet no one noticed that amid the melee, two people had disappeared from the group.

One was Xu Qing.

And the other was Ao Tianchang.

Xu Qing quietly left the group amid the chaos. His goal was not to explore the tomb with everyone else; he had plans of his own.

On the other hand, what Xu Qing had not expected was that Ao Tianchang had made the same choice.

And what left Xu Qing somewhat speechless was—

The other man seemed to have set his sights on him.

From the moment he left the group, Ao Tianchang had been trailing far behind him.

"Brother Ao, since you intend to leave the group, why keep following me? How about we each act on our own?"

Xu Qing came to a swift halt in the darkness.

He turned and looked helplessly at Ao Tianchang, who had followed after him.

In truth, he had wanted to tell the other man his identity, but he was worried it might affect his actions.

After all, he could tell that Ao Tianchang had truly come here to break through to the Saint Venerable Rank.

They were not particularly close, so there was no need.

"Who exactly are you?" Ao Tianchang merely looked at him coldly, a strange glimmer flashing through his eyes.

"I am Qing Shuang. Didn't I already say so?" Xu Qing replied with a faint smile.

"Hmph. Fine if you don't want to say it, but why did you leave the group?" Ao Tianchang asked again.

Xu Qing answered frankly, "My goal was never that inheritance.