Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists in greeting.
Lu Gengshen sighed. "Nephew Chu, this is truly embarrassing. We even had to ask you to come help."
"Martial Uncle Lu, this is the one thing I'm good at. I'm happy to be of help."
"We old fellows are all useless." Lu Gengshen shook his head.
"Enough, Old Lu!" Meng Xusheng said with a chuckle. "Zhiyuan isn't an outsider. Why be so polite?"
His expression turned solemn. "Zhiyuan, can you catch him? He's already fled without a trace. Even that severed arm exploded, leaving no clues at all."
He pointed at the stone wall. "This mechanism fears no treasured sword. We can't break it open, so we're out of ideas."
"Martial Uncle, I'll catch up to him." Chu Zhiyuan looked at Li Xinhe. "Martial Uncle Li will be all right, won't he?"
Lu Gengshen smiled. "With Junior Sister Qi taking action, there's absolutely no problem. Old Li's handsome hide won't be ruined."
Then he shook his head. "Old Li was far too careless this time!"
Meng Xusheng chuckled. "Who would have thought this fellow Ji would be so vicious? No matter how strong his martial arts are, could he possibly regrow a severed limb? Yet he destroyed it!"
A Venerable's body surpassed that of ordinary people. After a limb was severed, if it was reattached within three to five days, it could recover completely.
But Venerables did not possess the ability to regrow severed limbs. Once the arm had been destroyed, he would be a one-armed man forever, with no way to recover.
By blowing up his arm, he had utterly abandoned any chance of becoming whole again.
Not everyone could bring themselves to make such a ruthless decision in so short a time.
This Ji Qingyun was indeed worthy of being the