Chapter 47: The Destined Son-in-Law (9)
The Great Yan Dynasty was one of the subordinate dynasties under the Profound Origin Sacred Land. It had Void Refining Realm powerhouses in residence. Its experts were numerous.
Not long ago, the Great Yan Dynasty had discovered an ancient ruin suspected to be the site where a Void Refining Realm powerhouse had fallen. The fallen expert had set up a barrier. Only those below the Profound Connection Realm could enter.
The major powers of the Great Yan Dynasty immediately dispatched their strongest members along with their disciples to explore the site. Each hoped to claim a share of the spoils. The Xia siblings had come along with the Water Cloud Sect's sect master to broaden their horizons.
After Su Chen left the Great Yan Dynasty, the Xia brother and sister had cultivated diligently within the Water Cloud Sect. Their progress had been astonishing, making them among the sect's most outstanding talents.
Xia Yingyue had now broken through to the ninth layer of the Spirit Vein Realm. Xia Chenfeng lagged slightly behind, having reached the third layer of Spirit Vein Realm.
Yet as more and more geniuses from across the Great Yan Dynasty gathered, Xia Yingyue and Xia Chenfeng faded into the vast sea of people, becoming just ordinary faces among them. Even the Water Cloud Sect, when placed in the context of the entire Great Yan Dynasty, was nothing more than an insignificant grain of sand.
A young man dressed flamboyantly, a long sword slung across his back, gazed toward Xia Yingyue with eyes that burned with barely concealed desire. He was Wang Shuang, the young master of Green River City's city lord and a genius who had joined the Water Cloud Sect.
Wang Shuang had long coveted Xia Yingyue's beauty. To win her, he had even arranged for his own younger brother to approach her "worthless" fiancé and find an opportunity to eliminate him, preventing the marriage from ever taking place. Only then could he have any chance of claiming both her body and her heart.
But he had never expected his useless brother to perish in the beast tide. That had allowed Su Chen to escape unscathed. He had planned to take action himself, only to learn that Su Chen had already left Green River City and vanished without a trace.