The Xu Lineage stood in midair, watching the people continuously entering the Canglan Ruins below. A trace of desolation could not help appearing on their faces.
The Xu Lineage had once overseen the Canglan Ruins as well. Naturally, they knew just how abundant the benefits of overseeing it once could be.
But now, the Xu Lineage, one of the Four Great Lineages, did not even have a single person who met the requirements to enter.
Relics like this explicitly prohibited older-generation cultivators from entering. Otherwise, chaos would have broken out long ago.
If the Xu Lineage's Nascent Soul Late Stage younger generation entered now, they would undoubtedly be walking into death.
Moreover, because of this, no force was willing to form an alliance with the Xu Lineage.
This time, the Xu Lineage was merely a spectator. In everyone else's eyes, they had come only to show their faces and let people know that the Xu Lineage still existed.
Xu Xinyuan was the leader of the Xu Lineage this time. His desolate gaze swept across the crowd.
But soon, Xu Xinyuan's eyes narrowed, his gaze falling on Ye Yu. No, it should have been said that it fell upon that face extremely similar to Xu Yunxi's.
In an instant, waves of bone-chilling coldness radiated from Xu Xinyuan's body. The surrounding Xu Lineage members frowned and looked over. When they followed Xu Xinyuan's gaze and saw Ye Yu, their expressions immediately turned unsightly as well.
They were members of the Xu Lineage's Second Branch, from the same branch as Xu Yunxi.
"This matter had better not have been done by someone from our Second Branch. If I find out otherwise, you know the consequences!" Xu Xinyuan swept his gaze over those behind him and spoke in an icy tone.
Yet no one