Appointment

Song Jiyuan and the others looked over. Sure enough, a middle-aged man was running toward them at full speed.

He was moving incredibly fast!

"My lord, this man has one of our Forbidden Explorers' secret sigils. He's one of us—and the last one left!"

A black-robed man spoke from the bow of the ship.

At that, Song Jiyuan nodded.

"Bring him over."

In an instant, a black-robed man flew off the ship, stopped the middle-aged man, and brought him aboard.

"Are you one of Zhao Jixiao's men? What's your name?"

Song Jiyuan looked at the middle-aged man and asked coldly.

The middle-aged man... was none other than Ao Wushuang.

He looked at the people aboard the ship, completely dumbfounded.

Damn it, he'd been fleeing for his life. How had he run into these Death Seekers again?

But he knew better than to offend them.

"Yes, my lord. This humble one is Ao Wushuang, a member of the Death Seek—no, the Forbidden Explorers!"

Ao Wushuang could only force the words out.

"You escaped from the Martial Wasteland Realm? What happened there? Why did Zhao Jixiao and the others die?"

Song Jiyuan asked icily.

Ao Wushuang replied:

"My lord, Lord Zhao and Lord Heiluo... were killed by the Martial Venerable Ranking."

Ao Wushuang hid nothing. He immediately told them about the Martial Venerable Ranking's appearance and the battle in Zhenhai City.

At that, a flicker of surprise crossed Song Jiyuan's face.

"The Martial Venerable Ranking..."

Song Jiyuan murmured:

"That thing should be connected to a Martial Venerable... Perhaps it was what awakened the Martial Venerable's evil corpse!"

He figured that was most likely the case.

"Heh. In that case, it'll save us a lot of trouble..."

He looked up.

"Let's go. Lead the way. We're heading to the Martial Wasteland Realm!"

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