"I felt it."
Qin An could sense that something was wrong with the Dragon Vein before him. An invisible force was making it age and fade, as though urging it to wither away.
That invisible force felt strangely familiar to Qin An. He thought he had encountered it somewhere before.
Qin An frowned and sank into thought.
As Qin An pondered, Zhao Hai stopped too. His heart skipped a beat when he saw Qin An's expression.
He knew this mysterious Lord Qin, with his formidable strength and powerful backing, might have discovered something unusual.
But he said nothing to disturb him and waited where he stood.
Qin An remained there.
Zhao Hai watched him with hopeful eyes, wishing Qin An could find a way to solve the problem.
After a moment's thought, the sense of familiarity in Qin An's mind grew stronger.
Then he suddenly raised his head as though something had come back to him, surprise flashing across his face.
"The World Will? How is that possible?"
Beside him, confusion filled Zhao Hai's eyes. It only deepened when Qin An said "World Will."
He had no idea what Qin An meant by the World Will. At his level, he was not even qualified to know it existed.
Qin An did not explain. No amount of explanation would help now, so he sank back into thought.
The Dragon Vein's power was drying up, and the World Will was the cause.
The World Will stood above the Dragon Vein in rank and nature. The Dragon Vein had grown within this world, so it had to submit to the World Will's control.
"But even without intelligence, the World Will has instincts. Why would those instincts make the Dragon Vein wither?"
By rights, its instincts should have made the Dragon Vein stronger and