Published: February 2, 2025
“Cousin, you...?” Rona looked at her aunt in disbelief.
“I’m sorry, dear.” The woman wore a pained expression. “At first, you and your father thought I was doing well in this Taiyi Sacred Land, but you didn’t know that although I appeared fine on the outside, I was living a life worse than that of livestock.”
“The reason that group of beasts is keeping you here is to obtain our Luo Family’s inheritance. I thought that if our Luo Family could offer up the inheritance, we could exchange it for a peaceful life. But now, I see clearly that with the nature of these beasts, once you, Nara, hand over the inheritance, it will be the day of our Luo Family’s complete destruction.”
“I can die, but I cannot harm you and our entire Luo Family for my own selfish desires.”
The woman cried bitterly, pressing an ancient jade tablet into Rona’s hands. “I’m sorry, Nara. It was my fault for bringing you into this demon lair. You are now being watched and cannot leave this place. This ancient jade tablet is something I spent all my savings to obtain over the years. It is an ancient space talisman.”
“As long as you crush this jade tablet, you can be randomly teleported away, leaving this Taiyi Sacred Land’s base. However, escaping does not guarantee your safety. You need to find that Qin Chen, the one who brought you to Southern Origin City. If he is willing to help you, you may have a chance of survival. Hurry!”
The woman urged anxiously.
“Qin Chen?” Rona was stunned.
In fact, although she had been confined to her room these days, her mind was quite sharp, and she had suspected her aunt’s situation for a long time. However, she did not expect her aunt to send her to find Qin Chen.
“Yes.” The woman nodded, looking at Rona eagerly. “This person’s strength far exceeds your imagination. He isn’t afraid of the city lord's mansion or the Sky Outside Tower. Only he can protect you in this Southern Origin City filled with strong opponents, without fearing the pressure from Taiyi Sacred Land.”
“Moreover, you once told me that this person knew you had the leaves of the Voidless Divine Tree on you and did not restrain you at all; instead, he entrusted you to me. So in this vast Southern Origin City, he is the only one you can cautiously trust.”
“It’s all my fault. It’s all my fault for not understanding Qin Chen’s strength before, letting you fall into this tiger’s mouth. But it’s not too late to leave now.”
“Hurry, go!”
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman activated the ancient jade tablet in Rona’s hand without waiting for her to say anything more.
“Aunt, come with me!” Rona grasped the woman’s hand urgently.
The woman struggled hard, tears splattering from the corners of her eyes as she looked at Rona with reluctance and said bitterly, “Aunt can’t leave anymore. This ancient jade tablet can only take one person away. You inherited the ancestral space constitution, which is why you have the chance to escape. I... have no hope left.”
“Nara, survive. You must survive.”
With tears in her eyes, the woman watched as Rona was enveloped in an invisible white light. With a buzzing sound, an intangible spatial fluctuation swept over, and Rona’s figure disappeared.
In the moment Rona vanished, in another great hall, Kelu’s expression suddenly changed.
“Spatial fluctuation, what’s going on?”
Swish, he vanished abruptly, heading straight for Rona’s room.
Upon seeing the empty room, with only the woman left, Kelu’s anger erupted. He slapped the woman, sending her flying to the ground, spitting blood.
“You wretched woman, where is Rona? Where did she go?” Kelu sensed the room and, upon feeling the spatial fluctuation, his expression changed dramatically.
“Hahaha.” The woman laughed, her face twisted with malice. “I’ve already sent her away. You’ll never get anything belonging to my Luo Family.”
“Wretched woman!”
Kelu stomped on the woman’s chest, instantly breaking several of her ribs. “Someone, tie her up. I’ll deal with you later.”