Chapter 290
Deep within the Jade Sea.
Vast dark shapes moved through the water, circling a disk-shaped stone array. Ancient pillars, each dozens of meters tall, stood at even intervals along its perimeter. A faint golden light bled upward from the center and dissolved into the surrounding dark.
Clatter.
Zhang Yao dragged himself back to consciousness. He shifted against the heavy chains binding his limbs and slowly sat up, taking in his surroundings.
You're awake? Gongsun Xinlian's familiar voice surfaced in his mind.
Third Sister? Zhang Yao looked toward the sound, but saw no trace of her.
I barely escaped from the storm. Second Brother—were you also drawn out and defeated by the Mingxin Society? Gongsun Xinlian's voice carried a trace of exhaustion.
"…I was careless…" Zhang Yao murmured aloud, choosing not to reveal that the Society Master of the Mingxin Society was their biological father. At this point, blood ties hardly mattered.
What truly surprised him was that the Society Master hadn't devoured him. He had only imprisoned him.