In Nanyan Prefecture City, in a sealed, dim room on the eastern side of the city.
Pfft!
Suddenly, a point of orange-yellow light flared to life and expanded outward, driving back the darkness and illuminating the surroundings, revealing the secret chamber.
The room was simply furnished. There was only an orange-yellow round table, with a few chairs haphazardly scattered across the floor.
Crackle, crackle!
As time passed, the chamber remained quiet. Only the occasional flicker of the flames lent it a little life.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Just then, a dense shadow, so dark it seemed to swallow the light, streamed through the gap in the window and spilled onto the floor.
The shadow swelled, turning into a paper-thin human figure. He casually sat by the window, looked toward the table, and gave a soft laugh.
"I didn't expect you to arrive even earlier than I did."
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
As his words fell, the figure of a man in a gray robe and hood slowly took shape beside the table.
He kept his head lowered, allowing not even a sliver of light to reach him, and said, "Yuan Xiaozi seems to have suffered a severe injury. I can barely sense a trace of his aura, and even that is very weak. It seems he could die at any moment."
Then the gray-robed man's tone shifted, and he said gloomily, "It seems we still underestimated Venerable Yan's strength. Thankfully, we made our plans and had Yuan Xiaozi test him. Otherwise, if we'd rashly made a move, we might have fallen at the hands of Venerable Yan."
As he spoke, his voice brimmed with surprise. Clearly, he hadn't expected Jiang Yan to be so powerful.
After all, Yuan Xiaozi wasn't an ordinary Jie Realm martial artist. Though a Rogue Cultivator, he practiced Demonic