Chapter 1017: Golden Light
Lu Ye was full of self-blame. He shouldn’t have taken Lan Qiyue with him just because he found it troublesome to send her back to the Cave Mansion first. More importantly, he shouldn’t have left her there on her own.
He didn’t expect that a Blood Race member would happen to arrive in such a short time. Lan Qiyue had suffered miserably because of the Blood Race. She had nowhere to hide in that situation, so she could only jump into the Blood River to look for Lu Ye.
She probably had no idea how horrifying the Blood River was since she was inexperienced. As she had seen Lu Ye jumping into the Blood River, she decided to do the same. If she knew how terrifying the Blood River was, she would’ve waited for Lu Ye to show up and save her. That way, she would’ve stayed alive at the very least.
Lu Ye blamed himself that Lan Qiyue died, and he also felt crestfallen that Zhang Julai was gone for good.
Since he had left behind the Soul Control Glyph in Zhang Julai’s mind, he could detect his presence. However, when he was searching for Lan Qiyue in the Blood River earlier, he could feel that the connection between Zhang Julai and him had disappeared.
This showed that Zhang Julai couldn’t endure the Blood River’s refinement on his bloodline, so he lost his life somewhere in the river.
Lu Ye had already expected the outcome as hardly any Blood Race members could come out alive once they stepped into the Blood River. Nothing was special about Zhang Julai when he was compared with other Blood Race members, so it wasn’t likely that he would survive.
However, since Lan Qiyue had accidentally lost her life, Lu Ye felt frustrated over Zhang Julai’s death as well, though he had expected the outcome.
The three of them were there when they arrived, but he was alone when he left.