Meng Yu explained as she walked ahead.
As they walked, she said to Wang Xian, "The divine flower that blooms once every five hundred years chose you. Even if danger lies ahead, you can only face it calmly."
At the thought of the Corpse Immortal Sect's elders, Wang Xian couldn't help shaking his head. He'd be better off exploring this unfamiliar place than fighting those people to the death.
What if he really found some miraculous medicine from a thousand years ago?
In his view, he could fight Heaven and Earth, but he should never try fighting the Corpse Immortal Sect. Who knew when they might refine him into one of those legendary corpse puppets?
Before he knew it, he'd climbed over a dune. Wang Xian froze.
Staring at the scene before him, he murmured, "Senior, where are we?"
Without warning, a city appeared before Wang Xian.
Rather, an ancient city had risen out of the yellow sands as if from nowhere.
Brown walls came into view. They stood no more than two zhang high above the sand, and many sections had crumbled.
If he hadn't been standing atop a high dune, he never would have spotted the ancient city hidden in the yellow sands.
An ancient city that had been lost for who knew how many years.
Even a divine flower that bloomed once every five hundred years had chosen him?
Meng Yu climbed the dune behind him. As she gazed into the distance, a faint smile crossed her face.
She gave Wang Xian a wry smile. "If you weren't such a loser, I'd wonder whether you were Heaven's illegitimate son."
The ancient city had appeared abruptly in the vast sea of yellow sand. Looking at it from afar, Meng Yu smiled.
Wang Xian, however, was thinking about how