Shi Chun understood everyone's anxiety over whether they could get out. His gaze swept over their reactions before finally settling on Zhen'er's face. Hers was probably the most direct and genuine reaction of all.
Upon hearing that the distant phenomenon meant the exit had opened, Zhen'er's reaction was easy to imagine. She could not tear her eyes away from it, her face filled with yearning and longing.
She had been trapped here for far, far too long, and had longed for the outside world for just as long. But she was also fairly obedient-or rather, she trusted Shi Chun.
Since Shi Chun had not said they could leave now, she waited patiently.
What Shi Chun valued most about her, however, was neither her obedience nor her uniquely alluring beauty, but her relationship with Situ Gu.
He believed that once Situ Gu heard this woman's name, he would be unable to keep his composure.
There was one thing he could be certain of: Situ Gu had never told his own sect about Zhen'er, this elf. Otherwise, the Heavenforging Sect could not possibly have remained indifferent during subsequent openings of the Divine Fire Domain. With a convenient way to find divine fire, a convenient way to create a second Situ Gu, how could the Heavenforging Sect remain indifferent?
Conversely, the fact that Heavenforging Sect disciples had pursued him deep into the forbidden ground lent further support to his judgment.
He did not know whether Situ Gu had concealed Zhen'er's existence to protect her or out of selfish motives. But one thing was certain: Situ Gu absolutely did not want it revealed that he had concealed a secret method for finding divine fire, especially not to his own sect.
Thus, even if he had failed to break the Earthheart Tower's hold on Zhen'er,