Teacher Lan Qing emerged with a deathly pale face covered in many new wrinkles, his hair now entirely white. At that moment, he truly looked like an old man.
But what stood out was his left foot: it was actually a wooden puppet foot. Clearly, his real foot was gone.
The sight left Ye Han utterly shocked. Had Teacher Lan Qing really ended up in such a miserable state?
Still, he looked past Teacher Lan Qing into the space revealed beyond the enormous stone gate...
Inside that vast chamber stood an enormous coffin forged from some unknown metal. Its once mirror-smooth surface was now covered in uneven sword scars and blackened burns from lightning...
In one corner, half of an enormous humanoid skeleton had been scorched completely black, like charcoal, while the other half was embedded in the wall. Cracks spread across the wall in every direction...
The entire chamber was pitted and scarred, filled with the hideous, terrifying destruction left by spell combat: collapsed pillars and metal coffin panels shattered into pieces...
Clearly, Teacher Lan Qing had fought a great battle with the tomb's true master. Though he had won, it had been a costly victory. Judging by his current aura and cultivation, he was barely at the golden core stage, and his aura was exceedingly feeble...
It was plain how devastating a battle Teacher Lan Qing had endured. No wonder he had been unable to leave the Eternal Ancient Tomb.
At the sight, Ye Han could not help sighing. "Teacher! You've truly suffered this time!"
Teacher Lan Qing had always been such a carefree, pleasure-loving figure, yet now his limbs were maimed. How could Ye Han not feel deeply moved?
If he had decided not to rescue Teacher Lan Qing back then and later learned of his condition,