Hearing this, Zhuge Qingshan replied respectfully, "But judging by the circumstances, they should have discovered something in the Heavenly Secret Hall."
He paused, then continued with a frown, "I thought they would go after Ye Han as soon as they arrived on Heaven's Mandate Continent. I never expected them to find the entrance to its Heavenly Secret Hall instead. They've been gone for decades now...!"
At this point, Zhuge Qingshan looked vexed. "Had we known this would happen, we shouldn't have passed word of Ye Han to..."
Before Zhuge Qingshan could finish, Wuxie Scholar interrupted him. "Don't overthink it. Even if we hadn't passed information about Ye Han to the Northern Lu Immortal Sect, that brat from their sect is their immortal inheritor, with half the bloodline of the immortal race. He's one of the Upper Realm immortal race's instruments. They certainly wouldn't lightly abandon any possibility concerning the Earth Realm's secrets!"
Wuxie Scholar stroked his chin. "He must have gone to the Heavenly Secret Hall first because there was something more important there. Still, he certainly won't gain anything. I reckon he'll be coming out soon!"
Zhuge Qingshan couldn't help asking in puzzlement, "Grand Ancestor! Why do you think so? The Heavenly Secret Hall's complexity, its wealth of treasures and opportunities-that's the handiwork of the mysterious Star Clan...!"
Before Zhuge Qingshan could finish, Wuxie Scholar said with a cryptic smile, "Where do you think... Ye Han spent the hundred-odd years he was missing?"
At those words, Zhuge Qingshan understood. "Grand Ancestor, you mean Ye Han gained something in the Heavenly Secret Hall?! That's how he became so powerful?"
Wuxie Scholar declared with iron certainty, "There is no other possibility besides the Heavenly Secret Hall!"
Zhuge Qingshan frowned instead. "But what about Junior Sister Qingshan...!"
"Life and death are decreed