Night had fallen completely.
The moment Lu Yuan stepped out of Klaus's office, the night wind from the Outer City rushed into his chest. At the same time, an extremely faint ripple came from afar, and Lu Yuan instinctively glanced toward the Tower of Erudition.
Could that be the aura of a new Worm of Knowledge?
At that moment, the Main Tower stood dark and silent in the night, seemingly without any unusual activity.
Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly and did not dwell on it. Even if he knew one was there, it would not be easy to find. It would be more convenient to search after his own Worm of Knowledge had recovered somewhat.
Lu Yuan withdrew his gaze, tucked the Holy Light Stone more securely into his clothes, then turned and headed back to his residence.
Meanwhile, at the Tower Top of the Tower of Erudition's Main Tower, the sound of the wind had long been shut out by the heavy stone walls.
At the center of the Circular Platform, the massive skull enshrined within the Dark Red Array floated quietly in the air, its bony surface a ghastly white.
Ever since the Seed of "Resentment" had been forcibly removed by Lu Yuan, these remains of the Person on the Wall seemed to have recovered considerably. The dark Flame deep in its eye sockets, once nearly frozen still, had begun to slowly churn again.
At the edge of the array stood an old man.
The Guardian's white hair drifted faintly in the windless chamber. His cloudy eyes stared unblinking at the Skull within the array.
His black coat was somewhat worn, and wisps of ink-black qi seeped from its edges, slowly crawling along his neck and arms, shrouding most of his body in shadow.
Beneath his feet,