"Senior Brother died?" Li Xiaoya simply could not believe that Murong Qi, his diligent, reserved senior brother with such tremendous perseverance, had died just like that. He gazed despondently at the sky and murmured, "What exactly happened?"
"Yes!" Liu Xian'er seemed to have expected Li Xiaoya to react so strongly and did not conceal anything. She glanced at Dong Santong before saying, "Apparently, Senior Brother went into some ancient ruins and encountered danger inside. By the time he came out, he had lost more than half his cultivation!" She paused, then continued only after Li Xiaoya had calmed down a little. "Not long after he came out, he suffered qi deviation and died! We later went looking for those ancient ruins, but we couldn't find them! So we don't know exactly what happened either!"
"I see!" Li Xiaoya sighed. He had never imagined that his senior brother Murong Qi, who possessed only three immortal roots yet had advanced all the way to the Spirit Communion Stage through unstoppable perseverance, would still perish. He recalled all the guidance his senior brother had given him. Leaving everything else aside, Murong Qi had been the one who gave him that miraculous treasure, the Fire Dragon Sword. Even after learning how powerful the Fire Dragon Sword was, his senior brother had never once indicated that he wanted it back. What generosity, what breadth of spirit! Yet a man like that had died just like this. Li Xiaoya could not help feeling despondent. Only after a long while did he ask, "What about my other senior brothers and sisters?"
"Them..." Seeing Liu Xian'er fall silent as well, Dong Santong took over and explained how Li Xiaoya's other senior brothers and sisters were doing...
Third Senior Brother Dongfang Yi had reached the peak of the Nascent