"Brother Ye." A gentle voice came over. Lu Ye looked up and saw several figures standing before him.
They were the Uniting Dao cultivators of Yuan Xi City.
You Die and the others had been hiding within the city, watching everything from afar. They had witnessed Lu Ye slay Ba Qiu with their own eyes, and the shock in their hearts could not have been greater.
Though they did not know the reasons behind it, they could feel the grief in Lu Ye's heart, so they had not come over to disturb him.
Until now.
"Senior Brother!" Su Yan and Zhu Yin called out together.
Huan Qing said nothing. She merely looked at Fu Wei, whose eyes were red and swollen, and frowned. She stepped forward and gently patted his shoulder, seemingly wanting to offer a few comforting words, yet not knowing how to begin.
For some reason, Fu Wei, whose emotions had only just begun to settle, burst into loud sobs again. He even grabbed Huan Qing's calf, looking like a drowning man clutching at a lifesaving straw.
Huan Qing's body stiffened, and she nearly kicked him flying. But remembering that Fu Wei had just lost someone dear to him and could not contain his grief, she ultimately sighed and endured it. Her slender jade hand came to rest on his gleaming bald head.
Fu Wei cried even harder, his shoulders shaking violently.
Lu Ye's eyes twitched.
"Wait here," he instructed, then turned and walked to the throne. He stared at the bright pearl set into the left armrest.
A Universe-tier Uniting Dao Pearl—one of only ten in the Inner Realm, the source of the Top Ten Uniting Dao Cities' renown.
After Blood Drinking City had been destroyed, only nine remained.
Now that Ba Qiu had died in battle,