Chapter 1419 - Undying Chessboard
Liu Wuxie had kept his calm through nine trials, whether he stood before the Jianmu Star's planet lord or the elders of the Divine Alchemy Sect. Yet when three new figures blocked his path, a rare shadow crossed his face, and his face turned grim.
"What's the Lingqiong Clan doing here?" Chi Heng asked, staring in shock. The last three trials had been decided by drawing lots, and the final trial should have fallen to the Profound Azure Gate. How had that lot ended up in the Lingqiong Clan's hands instead?
The nearby elders of the Heavenly Dragon Sect all turned toward their sect master, waiting to see how he would respond, while the surrounding guests exchanged strange looks. Everyone in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain knew about the rift between the Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Lingqiong Clan.
Lingqiong Zhi remained seated where he was without moving, and the three people standing in Liu Wuxie's way were also members of the Lingqiong Clan.
The one in the lead was Ling Qiong—a man Liu Wuxie knew all too well. Back in the True Martial Star, they had crossed paths many times, and Liu Wuxie had even shattered his physical body.
Afterward, a wisp of Ling Qiong's remnant soul fled back to the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain. Then, he seized Lingqiong Yu's body and had been moving through the world under that name. Two young men stood behind Lingqiong Yu, both watching Liu Wuxie with mocking amusement in their eyes.
"Liu Wuxie, it's been a long time," Lingqiong Yu said, smiling at him with a thin layer of sarcasm lacing his voice.
"What guidance do the three of you have for me?" Liu Wuxie asked, keeping a polite smile on his lips. He understood clearly that the Lingqiong Clan would not show up with good intentions. I
f they only wanted to pose a simple question, he had no reason to fear it; few things in this world could truly stump him.
"Some days ago, we captured a youth by the name of Gu Yu. He ran to our clan's territory and caused trouble. Why don't you guess what happened after that?" Lingqiong Yu asked, deliberately drawing out his words.
Liu Wuxie's heart sank the instant he heard those words. Gu Yu ought to have been in the Heavenly Dao Society. How had he ended up on the Lingqiong Clan's territory? Worse still, even Liu Wuxie himself had never learned where exactly that territory lay.
Gu Yu was a descendant of the dragon clan, and by bloodline, he was also a descendant of Long Xiao. He had turned down the chance to join the Heavenly Dragon Sect and chose to follow Liu Wuxie instead.