Chapter 208 Second Update
Lan Xing finally realized something was amiss. From his line of sight, the figure in black seemed to be enshrouded in a rainbow glow, and there were faint traces of water on the ground around him.
Lan Xing advanced with curiosity two steps forward and then quickly walked up to the figure in black.
"Elder Can—" Lan Xing began, panic-stricken, this, this...
He saw the figure in black’s already melting fingers slowly shake toward Lan Xing, and with a light click, the ice that covered his head finally melted due to the scorching sunlight, scattering fragments of ice as they fell.
Lan Xing dared not make any sudden moves, but wasn’t ice Elder Can’s forte?
Lan Xing wanted to ask but was afraid to; in the next moment, the ice encasing the figure in black also slowly melted away, and the rigid body of the figure in black collapsed.
"Elder Can—" Lan Xing called out anxiously, the figure in black finally let out a breath, his voice raspy, aged, and bitter.
"I am alright—" the figure in black began to slowly move his arms, struggling to crawl outside, step by step, his limbs gradually recovering as if he were a snail.
Lan Xing, concerned, was about to follow and take a closer look when suddenly, a voice came from inside the hall. Yan Xia, leading the young boy, had already come out.
Lan Xing then earnestly regarded the boy for the first time, his gaze complex, yet it was only for an instant before he turned and walked into the hall.
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