Inside the hall in Skyblue.
Xu Xuan temporarily dismissed everyone else and brought the young Liao man before him inside. He had sensed something faintly: the Ancient Stele resonated, pointing toward this man.
"I am Li Jinzhi. Greetings, Senior Xu." Li Jinzhi was handsome, dressed in a dark gray robe, with eyes like stars and brisk, decisive movements.
"Sit." Xu Xuan looked at the man before him, unease stirring in his heart. Once they had both sat down, he asked, "You said you know Xiao Wen. Do you have a token to prove it?"
Li Jinzhi took out a token bearing the words "Great Scarlet." Xu Xuan accepted it and examined it closely. It was indeed the one Liu Xiaowen had carried before.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao Wen and I met in Jiangyang and traveled together all the way to the Eastern Sea. He... entrusted me with bringing this back." With that, Li Jinzhi handed Xu Xuan a Mustard Seed Object. He let out a soft breath, his expression easing slightly.
Xu Xuan did not rush to inspect the Mustard Seed Object. Instead, he quietly asked:
"How is Xiao Wen? Why didn't he return with you?"
Li Jinzhi sighed, his brows drawing together slightly. In a low voice, he said, "He and Zhang Yu are currently being held in the Dragon Palace's underwater prison. It is difficult for outsiders to learn anything about their situation."
"How did this happen?" At those words, Xu Xuan felt that his uneasy premonition had come true. Now that Xiao Wen had fallen into the hands of the Eastern Sea's dragonkind, how could he rescue him?
Neither Mist Marsh nor the Northern Sea currently had a Dragon Lord, but the Eastern Sea certainly had two living ones, following the paths of thunder and water respectively. Nor