HEAVEN'S OFFICIAL BLESSING (Mo Xiang Tong Xiu)

Xie Lian's heart started racing wildly, and even his fingertips were slightly trembling. However, he remained composed and didn't make a sound, only lifting his head a little to whisper next to Hua Cheng's ear, "...San Lang, don't move. The voice out there sounds a lot like my master. Let's not be discovered..."

Although very similar, he couldn't say for sure either since it wasn't like there weren't people who shared similar voices. Besides, he hadn't seen the Guoshi for centuries, so he could very well remembered wrong. If they didn't make any reckless moves and only observed quietly to see how things would progress, perhaps they would learn more secrets. Hua Cheng also bowed his head slightly, hugging his waist, "Alright... you don't move either."

Rocks and earth crushed at them from all around, forcing their bodies to press tightly against one another, their faces brushing, their ears warm. Although it wasn't the right time, a thought flashed through Xie Lian's mind, '"To die buried together" doesn't feel so bad.' Just then, that voice sounded again, "What about the other two? Where have they run off to?"

'The other two'? There are two more companions?

Xie Lian wanted to listen closely to find out just who the other person conversing was, but the strange thing was, after the 'Guoshi' – he would address him as 'Guoshi' for now – after he posed the question, there wasn't any response.

It really was strange. In such a distance, Xie Lian and Hua Cheng could both hear 'Guoshi''s question, and technically, his voice wasn't loud and he wasn't yelling at the top of this lungs, so the other party shouldn't be too far away either. If they should respond, then at least some voice would be heard. Yet, there really was nothing to be heard.

'Guoshi' spoke up again, "Thank them for their efforts, but there's no need to worry about the small-fries anymore, nothing will come of them. We've got more important things to do right now."

'What's going on?' Xie Lian wondered, 'This clearly shows he's gotten a response and is talking to someone?'

The 'Guoshi' outside was almost like he was talking to himself or having a conversation with air. A creepy image appeared in Xie Lian's head and he immediately brushed it off, thinking there might be another possibility, which was 'Guoshi' could hear that person's voice but no one else could.

Suspicion was growing thicker and thicker in his head, and he listened with more and more intensity, turning over each word the 'Guoshi' uttered in his mind as 'Guoshi' added, "Is that all the people inside the mountain? In any case, let's bring them all to the Kiln first, I'll think of a way to take care of them one by one then. The faster the better, they must get there within two days."

The Kiln!