Chapter 307 – Ever-Growing Ancestral Seal, The Shadow in Li Yuan’s Heart - Part 3
Under ragged clouds and a bitten moon, Li Yuan’s birds cast their gaze on top of a slope leading to a cliff.
A young man stood at the edge, nowhere left to run. Right hand clenched a slim dagger, eyes blazing at the encircling exotic beasts. Yet the blade’s tip pointed not at them, but at what he gripped in his left hand—a rolled scroll.
“Bring Xu Lan here! Otherwise I’ll destroy Southern Mountains’ Ghostly Rain!” His voice was rasped, and he had a crazed smile on his face.
Li Yuan recognized the young man. It was Xu Sheng.
It appeared Xu Sheng had stolen the scroll to force the Lotus Cult’s hand. Before, his own madness would have made that impossible; but since Li Yuan had removed the abnormal ancestral seal shard, the young man’s sanity had returned. A clean 411~425 now floated over his head.
“Move! Now! Let Xu Lan through, or see if my blade is faster than you!” Xu Sheng barked, his old youthful defiance burning in his eyes.
“Back! Everyone, back!”
The Lotus Cult clearly feared for the scroll; the exotic beasts edged away.
A calm voice drifted from their ranks.
“Instructor Xu, Xu Lan will be here shortly. When she arrives, what then?”
“Enough talk—bring her out first!”
Silence followed, then the voice answered, “Very well.”