The void trembled without cease, ripple after ripple spreading through the surrounding nothingness like rings across water.
At the heart of the ripples, the Great Sun swayed ever more violently, its aura growing weaker and weaker.
The young man's face was pale as he struggled to move his feet, wanting to get away from the tightly shut, shadowy Main Hall. Yet it seemed that his injuries were too severe for him to move at all...
"Cough, cough!"
A light cough rang out. Yi Xing strolled out of the void, looked at Li Qingshan's "deathly pale" face, and tugged at the corner of his mouth.
"It does look convincing, but you overacted."
"Deputy Hall Master Yi?!"
Li Qingshan spoke in startled suspicion. His gaze abruptly returned to the shadowy Main Hall, and he frowned.
"Lang Yu isn't here?"
Whether it was the perception he had gained after revealing himself earlier, or Yi Xing now openly coming to expose the truth, both pointed to one fact—the hall was empty!
"That's right!"
Yi Xing nodded, took one step to the front of the Main Hall, and kicked open its doors without the slightest reservation.
"Not long ago, I felt that this Ungrateful Wretch had been quiet for too long, so I secretly tested him a few times. But the result..."
As he spoke, he raised a hand and pointed inside, shaking his head helplessly.
"He had already slipped away!"
"He actually... ran away?!"
Li Qingshan stood beside Yi Xing. Facing the completely empty shadowy Main Hall, his expression turned utterly black.
Five thousand years of seclusion—he had worked day and night, while that working Wolf had not merely slacked off, but had even...
Long since vanished without a trace. Who knew how long he had been skipping work?
More importantly,
"Why did he