Return to the Black-Corner Region, Bringing Senior Sister and Zi Yan

After dinner, Lu Heng gathered everyone in the main house.

Looking at the women before him, he cleared his throat.

"There's something I need to tell everyone."

Seeing his solemn expression, everyone quieted down and looked at him.

Lu Heng swept his gaze across the group before slowly saying, "In a few days, I plan to make another trip to the Black-Corner Region."

"Another trip to the Black-Corner Region?"

The moment Lu Heng finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room changed.

Han Yue's delicate brows furrowed slightly, and worry appeared on her face.

She knew all too well what kind of place the Black-Corner Region was.

It was a paradise for desperadoes, where chaos and slaughter were eternal themes.

Lu Heng had only recently returned from a dangerous place like Soul-Falling Cliff, and now he was going again. How could she not worry?

"Brother Lu Heng, what are you going there for?" Qing Lin asked timidly.

Her impression of the Black-Corner Region was still fixed on the Necro Tree outside Peace Town, its branches hung with dried corpses. Even now, the sight still haunted her.

Lu Heng did not conceal anything. He told them everything: how he needed a soul vessel to house Skyfire Venerable's soul, as well as Great Elder Su Qian's suggestion.

"The Black Seal City auction..." Xiao Yi Xian softly repeated the name.

While she had been in the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yi Xian had learned about the outside world from Ya Fei. The Black-Corner Region was notoriously infamous.

She looked at Lu Heng and said gently,

"Lu Heng, the Black-Corner Region is far too dangerous. My strength is too low. If I go, I'll only become a burden to you, so I won't go."

Her choice was a rational one.

With her current Da Dou Shi