Even so, Zhou Dekai could not conceal the trace of grief and sorrow on his face. They were blood brothers, after all; not everyone could be cold-blooded and heartless.
But matters had come to this, and Zhou Dekai was not one to dither. There truly was no room for regret now; moments earlier, it had already been a fight to the death. Mu Bai had simply struck a little too ruthlessly. At least to Mu Lan, the way Mu Bai had killed at the end had been cruel. But when she thought of how he had wandered the Beast Territory alone all these years, enduring unimaginable dangers and viciousness, she knew that if he had remained softhearted, he might not even have survived.
"Brother Mu Bai, leave at once. The Kunling Sect suffered humiliation in the Eastern Ridge and has already gone to the Venerable Domain. People from the Qianyuan Sacred Land will be here any moment!"
"The Qianyuan Sacred Land? One of those ancient powers of legend?"
"Yes, Brother Mu Bai. The Mixed Origin Continent is so vast, and the Eastern Ridge is only one corner of it. The Plateau Venerable Domain is boundless, its might rivaling the heavens. That is the main body of the Mixed Origin Continent. Sects like the Kunling Sect are as numerous there as hairs on an ox, and there are powers whose legacies have endured since ancient times, with strength beyond imagination. The Qianyuan Sacred Land stands among the very greatest of them!"
"Does this so-called sacred land truly possess such terrifying power?"
To Mu Bai, the Kunling Sect already had an ancestor in the Dao Ling Realm, one of the rare great figures on the Mixed Origin Continent. How could it be so insignificant?
"Brother Mu Bai, I too once thought the