"Senior Li, we'll discuss your situation when I return to the Northwest."
Zhou Yan shook his head slightly inwardly, but did not press the matter. Instead, he said gravely, "Our most urgent task is to confirm Senior Xia's situation. Then we must be ready to enter the Demon Realm a second time at any moment..."
If Yue Yuna was right, they had no other choice. They could only hope to kill that Devil Race expert before he recovered.
Zhou Yan had turned this over in his mind many times before returning.
In the end, he had resolved to do it, and to do it as soon as possible.
Yue Yuna, the Imperial Dynasty Ancestor, and Yin Long all nodded instinctively.
They had hesitated before, but Zhou Yan had now investigated the situation, and there was no time to lose.
If Xia Qingchen's fate were not still uncertain, they might already have rushed straight into the Demon Realm.
At this rate, even if the Devil Race expert never attacked, the Devil Race would likely destroy the entire Human Realm...
After entering the East, Zhou Yan made brief contact with the others.
Then he headed straight back to the Northwest.
If Xia Qingchen had still been there, Zhou Yan might have visited Jinling City.
But learning that Xia Qingchen was absent immediately filled him with worry.
After all, his own safe return to the Human Realm had owed something to luck.
Though Xia Qingchen was stronger, Zhou Yan dared say that, when facing such a vast disparity in strength, Xia Qingchen might not be as capable of surviving as he was.
If another ten days passed without news of Xia Qingchen, Zhou Yan would have to prepare himself for the worst.
Three days later, before reaching Western Capital City, Zhou Yan