Xiao Yan held Liuli and comforted her for a long time before the little girl gradually calmed down. Yet when she looked at the Old Man, her eyes still held deep wariness and fear.
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and got straight to the point. "Senior, can you answer why you brought us here now? Surely it wasn't merely to offer compensation and meet with me?"
Su chuckled and nodded in admission. "That's right. I brought you here because I have a favor to ask."
With a sweep of his hand, the scenery around the main hall changed drastically and began to collapse slowly. The world outside was once again revealed before the two of them.
It was still the familiar vast forest and the endless Beast Tide. But this time, the sky was no longer azure blue; it had become a dark crimson, like blood.
The beasts below had also lost the calmness they had displayed that day. They had become incomparably violent, attacking every living creature around them. The thick stench of blood and chaotic energy had directly formed a layer of blood mist over the forest!
"Th-this is simply hell!" Liuli looked at the bloody sight, her stomach churning instinctively. She tightly gripped Xiao Yan's hand, trembling slightly.
"This scene is merely a recreation of one corner of Qian Ji Pavilion from over three thousand years ago." The smile that had remained on the Old Man's face vanished as he stared at the ground awash in blood.
"What exactly happened then?" Xiao Yan could not help asking.
"I told you before about the Outer Realm Evil Clan. Do you remember?" The Old Man slowly turned around and looked at Xiao Yan, his tone incomparably grave. "Beneath the land where you and I stand, one of them