Chapter 421 - Find a Way to Let Him Know (1/2)

Jing Yi hurried over to Leng Jin Yu's side. ”Just what happened? The whole palace is shaking!”

Leng Jin Yu sighed. ”I've made a mistake. I thought I was getting closer to the core of the realm to open a passage back to the Leyuan region. Who would have thought …” He shook his head. ”The realm is collapsing. I'm afraid …” He sighed again. ”We won't get out of here in time.”

Jing Yi stared up at the handsome face he had grown accustomed to in the last few years. ”You can't mean … We'll die here?” The color drained from his face.

He couldn't die here! He had barely managed to reach the third stage. He was far from ascending to the Nine Heavens, far from finding Tian. He couldn't die yet!

”Senior Martial Brother Yu …”

Leng Jin Yu turned around to him. ”I know. Don't worry too much. I'll … I'll try to think of something.”

Jing Yi nodded but he knew that there was no use in thinking about it. Yu Jin had already worked on whatever he had found in the courtyard for four years. Could he really find another way this fast?

”Is there anything I can help with?”

Leng Jin Yu looked at the brightly glowing array. Zhong Jing Yi wasn't in trouble but he was. If he wanted to find that person, then he had to think of something, however unlikely it was to find a solution.

”For now, let's leave the palace. The core isn't here and the realm should become unstable here first.”

”Alright.” Jing Yi nodded and together they turned around and hurried back into the palace.

Jing Yi had spent most of those four years in just one room, cultivating day and night. Only sometimes did he go and take a look at Yu Jin in the courtyard to find out if there was progress or anything he could help with. Now, he had no idea how to get out of the palace. He just hurried after Yu Jin and hoped that they would make it out before everything collapsed.

The ground shook fiercer with each room they left behind. By the time they finally reached the gates of the palace, Jing Yi could barely hold himself upright. Leng Jin Yu looked back at him and grabbed his hand.

”Come on, we still have to leave the mountains. After that, we'll be slightly safer.”

”Mn.” Jing Yi nodded and accelerated his steps again, relying on Yu Jin's help not to fall.

The two of them finally broke through the gate. The wooden beams below the roof creaked and dust trickled down.

”Hurry! The roof is going to cave in!”

Leng Jin Yu grabbed Jing Yi around the waist and pulled him up against his chest. He took out his sword and they rose into the air, speeding away from the palace of the secret realm's master.

Jing Yi looked back at the place they had spent the last four years of their life at. Now, this place was collapsing in front of his eyes. First, the roofs caved in, then the last remainders of the walls crumbled until only a big cloud of dust remained and obscured his view.