"Junior Brother Yu had come to Donghou Tomb too." The man approaching from behind had slightly dark skin and sharp, capable features, now filled with delight.
Donghou Tomb? Yu Ci was taken aback. Nothing in the world could be more absurd—how had he ended up in Donghou Tomb? Yet this was no time to say anything else. After a brief daze, he smiled along with the situation.
"It really is Senior Brother Ge!"
This newcomer was also an acquaintance, Ge Hui, one of the Empirical Branch's three most skilled practitioners of combined attacks. Not long after Yu Ci had entered the sect, Ge Hui had even asked him to plead with Senior Sister Meng Wei to release his partner.
"With Senior Brother Ge here, Senior Brother Nie and Senior Brother Dong must be here as well?"
"They are... Aren't they coming now?"
Sure enough, two more people turned out from behind him.
Senior Brother Nie was Nie Zong, while Senior Brother Dong was Dong Ji. Together with Ge Hui, though all three possessed only upper-tier Spirit Communion cultivation, the Three Extremes Light Splitting Sword Array they wielded jointly was enough to contend against mid-stage Golden Core cultivators. Before the sect's token-seizing contest, Yu Ci had asked Meng Wei for a favor regarding Dong Ji's confinement, preserving the three men's chance to compete. Their relationship was thus different from that of ordinary fellow disciples.
To reunite with old acquaintances under such circumstances was, no matter what, a joyous occasion.
Yet Yu Ci's appearance greatly startled the three of them. "How did you end up in such a sorry state?"
Yu Ci had just exchanged blows from afar with the master of Sunken Sword Cave, and his internal organs had suffered serious shock. Blood was flowing from all seven orifices of his