"Please don't be angry, young master! Please!"
The guard captain dared not rise. He remained kneeling on the ground, hurriedly offering an explanation.
"Though I cannot meet the two elders in person, I can send them messages. If they are willing, they will come to meet you."
"You dog!" The Heaven-and-Earth Avatar kicked the guard captain in the right shoulder, knocking him to the ground. "Then send them a message already!"
"Please wait a moment, young master. I'll send it right away."
The guard captain lay on the ground, not a trace of anger on his face.
He then took out a communication jade slip.
After sending the message, he waited another hundred breaths or so, yet the jade slip in his hand remained utterly silent.
The guard captain's expression stiffened, and he cautiously raised his head to look at the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar.
Seeing his face as dark as a storm, the captain panicked a little and took out another communication jade slip.
"Young master, I just sent a message to Elder Rong Yuqin. She may be busy. I'll send one to Elder Rong Yiwen now. Sorry for the trouble, but please wait a little longer."
As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly sent another message.
Yet another half an incense stick's worth of time passed, and this communication jade slip still received no reply.
"Young master, this..."
The guard captain looked at the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar, the hand holding the jade slip trembling slightly.
The Heaven-and-Earth Avatar's expression grew colder still.
Just then, a figure suddenly shot out of the Blood-Baleful Abyss, passed through the towering ceremonial archway, and abruptly stopped before them.
"Please forgive them, young friend Gu Huang. Elders Rong Yuqin and Rong Yiwen are not in the Blood-Baleful Abyss at present. They have gone to Southern