As Lu Ye spoke with the two elders, Chen and He, several more auras rapidly approached.
Chen Gushan glanced in that direction and chuckled. "They came quite quickly."
He Linglong smiled from the side as well. "Little friend, while you were missing, those fellows were worried sick."
The arrivals were the heads of the Human Race's four great top families. Aside from Yan Yao of the Yan Family, who knew some of the Secret History, the other three family heads did not know the specific truth.
Yet they did know that Lu Ye held the secret of the depths of the Ruins, and the Ruins concerned the legend of leaving Variegated. When Lu Ye had suddenly vanished without a trace, they had naturally been anxious during this time.
Now that Lu Ye had returned, they received the news at once and hurried over.
Before long, the four family heads arrived.
Yan Yao of the Yan Family, Huang Chen of the Huang Family, Sun Baihan of the Sun Family, and Zhou Quan of the Zhou Family were all at the Merging Dao Peak. They were merely trapped in Variegated and unable to step through the threshold of Dao Union.
"Fellow Daoist Lu!" Yan Yao cupped his hands from afar, looking as though a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders. "You finally showed yourself."
"I have troubled the family heads with concern. Earlier, I had a sudden insight and entered the Ruins to cultivate in seclusion for a while." Lu Ye returned the salute and casually made up an excuse.
Yan Yao did not doubt him. "So that was it."
No wonder they had been unable to find any trace of Lu Ye. He had entered the Ruins. If so, there truly had been no way to find him.
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