At this moment, in the ruins, Qin Xiao was leading several disciples of Lonely City, sitting beside a pond.

All of these people, including Qin Xiao, were in tattered clothes, disheveled and dirty, looking like beggars.

It would be difficult for even those who knew them well to recognize that these people were the cream of the crop among the younger generation of Lonely City.

In reality, their group used to consist of dozens of people!

Not only were there disciples from Lonely City, but also from Four Path Sword Sect.

Unfortunately, after consecutive losses of personnel, only a few of them remained.

None of them had vanished; they only died abruptly!

The shadow of death hung over their heads constantly.

If they knew about the situation with One Sword and Immortal, they would simply not believe it, or even go mad.

"Now, I finally understand why the seniors who have returned alive from the ruins said that this is actually a place full of treasures of death..." sighed a middle-aged man from Lonely City: "Treasures... we have found countless of them. Those rare metals that used to exist only in legends are really... everywhere here. Unfortunately, although we can find these treasures, it's difficult for us to take them out."

Qin Xiao moved his mouth, wanting to say something hopeful to lift the spirit. However, he found it hard to utter the words.

This is truly a deadly place! There is no hope at all!

Seniors from Lonely City who've made it out of the Ruins alive once said that being able to leave the Ruins isn't because of immense strength.

"It's purely luck!"

"Moreover, I swear I will never return to such a place in my lifetime!"

The senior of Lonely City who made this statement had brought out many rare metals and herbs from the ruins and even found halves of cultivation methods. Although they were incomplete, they were extremely powerful!

Even to this day, Lonely City hasn't been able to fully decipher it, and it only consists of two moves. However, this method has become the unique skill of Lonely City!

And the senior who appeared to have some understanding of the ruins lived up to his words; he never visited this place again in his lifetime.

Even this time, when the head of Lonely City and the elderly invited him to witness the ceremony, he didn't agree.

According to the senior, he shivers the moment he approaches within three thousand miles of the ruins.

Previously, Qin Xiao had laughed in his heart at the senior whose strength had already reached its peak, thinking that he was a coward despite his strong abilities.

But at this moment, he finally understood the feelings of the senior.

Just then, a young man in his thirties sitting beside Qin Xiao suddenly screamed and his body softened, falling to the ground.

Qin Xiao reached out his hand to check the breath of his fellow disciple, and muttered: "He's dead..."

The remaining few were all in deep sorrow, their eyes full of panic and fear, their bodies exuding an aura of despair and helplessness.

Qin Xiao laid out the body of the disciple neatly, carefully examined it for a long time, but couldn't find any cause of death.

He frowned and said, "Could it be... that this ruin is truly our burial ground? I won't accept it!"

He bellowed out the last four words, startling the others, all of whom glanced at him reproachfully, fearing that Qin Xiao would bring disaster upon them.

After venting his frustrations, Qin Xiao felt a bit regretful and scared.

However, after waiting for a while and finding no abnormalities, Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

But just then, things took a sudden turn!

The people around him began to fall one after another.

They didn't even scream before they died, right in front of Qin Xiao's very eyes.

The overwhelming fear and despair made Qin Xiao collapse. He fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face, and bellowed: "Why... why is this happening? What did we do wrong? Why are we being treated like this?"

His roar echoed in the wilderness. No one answered him.

But no entity came to harm him either.

This made Qin Xiao breathe a sigh of relief again, but also made him more nervous.

Because the threat of death could come at any moment. This kind of feeling… it's worse than death itself.

Qin Xiao knelt there, weeping for quite some time, but nothing happened. He wanted to stand up, but he lacked the strength and sat back down, lost in thought for quite a while, finally regaining some of his senses.

He actually started laughing a bizarre laugh. If anyone saw him, they would surely think that the youngest elder of Lonely City had gone insane.

However, at this moment, Qin Xiao's eyes were filled with mad excitement: "I finally understand… it's that man who's protecting me! My mission… is to completely obliterate that kid Chu Mo! Those things the man left me, they must have the ability to save my life!"

He then took out a little golden box from his bosom. He didn't know what was inside it, but now that everyone around him is dead and he alone is alive, he made a judgement in his heart.

Inside the golden box must be something extraordinary!

"It must be like this!" Qin Xiao said as he stood up and walked towards the distance, shouting: "Who wants to kill me? Come, come, come!"

Just then, a bitter cold feeling enveloped him.

Qin Xiao's heart sank. But just at this moment, the golden box in his hand began to emit a faint fluctuation. And then, the bitter cold feeling disappeared!

"Hahaha!" Qin Xiao couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I knew it was like this, hahaha!"

Just as he was laughing, Qin Xiao felt an immense power lift him up. Before he could react, he found himself in a strange place.

It was a spacious room.

A cold thought was transmitted directly into Qin Xiao's mind.

"Young man, would you be willing to inherit my mantle? To become my disciple?"

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then his face was filled with ecstasy, and he shouted: "Yes, I will! I will!"

This is what luck brings; it just can't be stopped!

Qin Xiao's heart was filled with joy. He knew that this was a chance belonging to him!

It seems that the man was not lying to him!

Great!

I Qin Xiao… have finally waited for my own opportunity! Chu Mo, you little beast, better live long, because I will refine you personally! I will use the methods the man taught me!

"Open your heart. The inheritance process might be painful, but you have to hold on." The cold thought returned once again to Qin Xiao's mind.

"Don't worry, I can withstand it!" Qin Xiao shouted: "Come on, I am ready!"

Boom!

A icy-cold thought powerfully surged into Qin Xiao's body as he opened up his mind.

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