At Chen Lin's words, Liu Rumian's expression dimmed.
She shook her head.
"The Cage Array was too terrifying. Nearly all the other vanguards on our team died. Fairy Yaochi and I only survived because Sister Xiao used a supreme treasure. But just as we were about to escape the array, that treasure shattered. Sister Xiao suffered a backlash and fell a step behind. The array dragged her back in, and she never came out again."
Chen Lin sighed at this.
He had experienced the might of the Cage Array firsthand.
To be honest, he had been skeptical that Liu Rumian and Fairy Yaochi could have escaped at all.
This explanation made sense.
Xiao Qingmo was True Lord Jiuhuan's disciple, and True Lord Jiuhuan had visited the Void Realm before. Naturally, he had means suited to dealing with it.
That was why Chen Lin had told Fairy Yaochi to join Xiao Qingmo's Vanguard Squad.
Yet the affairs of the world were impossible to predict.
Under her protection, Fairy Yaochi and Liu Rumian had safely reached the Void Realm, while she herself had failed to escape.
Such was fate.
"Who else was in your Vanguard Squad?"
Chen Lin continued questioning her.
Liu Rumian listed more than a dozen names, all outstanding members of the Seven Major Sects.
But aside from Xiao Qingmo and Fairy Yaochi, he did not know the others well, so their deaths or survival stirred little emotion in him.
Chen Lin asked about a few other matters before moving on from the subject.
He began explaining his own situation.
"Things aren't going too well on my end either. Although my cultivation hasn't been affected, the early Void Realm is nowhere near enough here. I've also offended some powerful figures..."
Chen Lin explained everything in detail.
He also weighed the