After enduring a grueling adventure in the Thunder Continent, Lin Yu, Murong Xue, and Su Yao finally returned to their dwelling at the Qingyun Sect in the Firmament Continent, exhausted yet filled with the joy of their gains. Although their strengths had all improved, their hearts remained heavy with concern for the sect and the state of the continent. Outside the dwelling's entrance, a disciple was anxiously pacing back and forth with a tense expression. The moment he spotted Lin Yu, his eyes instantly lit up as if he had grabbed a lifeline, and he rushed forward in three strides.
"Senior Brother Lin, something terrible has happened! The Sect Master is looking for you urgently—it's a matter of life and death, we cannot delay!" the disciple said in a breathless rush, his face covered in anxiety. Lin Yu's heart tightened violently, and a sense of foreboding enveloped him like a dark cloud. He knew that for this disciple to be so flustered, the matter must be of extraordinary magnitude. Without a moment to lose, he immediately followed the junior brother in a hurried dash toward the Sect Master's Hall.
Inside the hall, the Sect Master of the Qingyun Sect was pacing back and forth with furrowed brows and a grave expression, his face etched with worry so deep it seemed it could be wrung out like water. Seeing Lin Yu walk in briskly, he stopped and looked at him with a gaze laced with helplessness and sorrow.
Chapter 20