Ye Shunguang's Knockoff Taixu One Sword

"Um, can I ask something?"

Jianshu, who had been listening quietly, suddenly raised her little hand. "What is this [Primus] you keep talking about?"

"Jianshu, you don't know about the First Lord?"

Belle frowned slightly.

That didn't seem right. By her reckoning, Jianshu had been created in the Old Capital era, and the Praise Society had existed long before the Old Capital was founded.

She remembered that an ancestor of Miyabi's—the third head of the Hoshimi Family—had been granted the title of Void Hunter for slaying the Praise Society's high priest at the time.

A Bangboo from the Old Capital era shouldn't, in theory, know nothing about [Primus].

"[Primus] is the being the Praise Society worships," Ye Shunguang explained patiently beside Belle. "Something like a god. The Praise Society believes [Primus] can create an entirely new world.

"And the strange phenomena in Lemnian Hollow are all connected to Anomalous Corruptive Breath, which in turn is closely tied to [Primus].

"That's why we came to investigate this area."

"I see... Then the First Lord we know of really is the same one."

Jianshu nodded, offering the group a tacit apology.

Her damaged body had cost her her firepower systems. She had no combat ability left and could only hide on the sidelines if a fight broke out.

For a High-Firepower Combat Bangboo, it was almost humiliating.

Luckily, she could still lead the way. She knew this Hollow fairly well.

"Friends, let's get moving!"

With that, Jianshu ran in the direction Ye Shunguang had indicated.

Ye Shunguang and Wise exchanged a look of perfect understanding. No more words were needed—they pressed deeper into the Hollow, working together as they had before.

"That rotten jerk of a brother!"

Belle watched them, indignant. "I want to fight alongside Senior Sister Xiaoguang too... I was