"Let's call her Xian!" Hong Jun was the only crazy person to give his child a name like this.
Three days passed by.
Hong clan meeting room, four figures where seated.
It was Hong Jun, Su Qingqin, Gu Tian, and Old master Ye.
Su Qingqin and Hong Jun sat at the main seat, after all they were in charge of the clan.
The old men didn't have any opinion about Su Qingqin, after all she gave them a strange feeling as though she could step into the grandmaster realm anytime.
"Only the thee of us are going in, Su Qingqin is going to leff behind to guard the clan Territory." It was what he had discussed with her and reached an agreement.
"Let's not waste time. Tell me all you know about the depths of the ruins. I have never ventured deep into the place before due to the threat I felt discouraged me any further. But I'm guessing that isnt the case for you old fellows." Hearing this question, Old Gu Tian and Old master Ye smilled bitterly.
The two of them have been reminded they were old so many times they stopped trying to argue this fact. It was just that the two of them didn't think much about this in their current situation.
They were eager to enter the ruins because they were sure to go even further in their practice.
"Actually! In the ruins many opportunities exist as long as you dare to venture deeper, but at the same time danger is present. Some strange creatures exist in the ruins, and they are considered the most dangerous threat but can't be avoided." Gu Tian replies with a solemn expression.
Looking at the two of them, he noticed the slight fear hidden in the depths of those eyes.
'Regardless of what dangers are in the ruin, I no longer have a choice.' he thought without a change in expression.
"Seeing you like this, you should have been able to deal with the monster right? What reason could make you stop further exploration and escape?" He was indeed not naive.
Seeing how the couple was giving them strange gazes, both Gu Tian and Old Master Ye where embarrassed. They just didn't expect Hong Jun to ask things in with such a straight forward approach.
On the other end, Su Qingqin had a strange gaze because she just realized her husband wasn't an easy fellow to fool. It was just no one had any reason to explain the reason they gave each other strange looks.
Only Hong Jun couldn't bear it and asked.
"No! What is with your strange gaze? How come it gives me a feeling of an elder having some appreciation for the younger generation?" He asked with a dark face.
"Well! Is there a problem admiring my husband!" She clearly was not planning on explaining.
She was already sure it would just not end well, and thus she chose to defend herself with such a blatant lie.
It was just it worked as he didn't care much about it.
"Let's focus on the important things!" She chose to push for more information.
She was really also curious about what the two old guys where embarrassed about.
"Cough! Actually the thing is that a strange water body was preset blocking the path forward and it was guarded by two monsters we couldn't even approach them." Gu Tian gritt his teeth and admitted their circumstances.
"Huh? What to you mean by couldn't get close no matter how you tried?" Hong Jun was interested in this.
He at least thought that this fellows where talking about something embarrassing but now that they mentioned it, he found it strange.
It was just that Su Qingqin had a strange expression on her face that no one else noticed.
She didn't say anything though.
"Actually! We have thought about it and decided to explore the ruins by going another direction. Due to being flustered last time, we just didn't think it was the right thing to go into the ruins in a short time. Now we have even digested the gains from last time, we can try again." Old Master Ye said with a serious expression.
"Okay! What time are we leaving?" Hong Jun asked the most concerning thing. He didn't want to know anything that had nothing to do with the ruins at the moment.
"Let's meet by the Riverside in about an hour." Gu Tian suggested.
"Okay!" both Old master Ye and Hong Jun agreed.
For them, giving up exploration of the ruins was a pipe dream. It not only concerned their path forward in martial arts, it also was a place of opportunities to change their upcoming crisis.
Even if others might not be able to see it, how could Hong Jun not be able to see through things easily.
His fate and that of all the humans within this territory was already defined.
The moment the slaughtered the Qi cultivators that tried to attack their territory, it was bound to attract retribution.
Let's not mention anything else, their actions couldn't be hidden long and he was afraid it was probably only a matter of time before they faced an even greater crisis. Once it is discovered they were mortals without spiritual roots, it would become even more problematic.
He was already sure that it would attract all parties to strike them hard, after all they couldn't be allowed to continue growing stronger.
Other than that, he was also sure that some would even be interested in the secrets that could make mortals without spiritual roots stronger.
It was also part of the reason he didn't spare anyone among those that attacked their territory.
As long as no one knows what was the cause of the deaths of those that invaded this place, it could be a deterrent for a while. But that was just it, eventually this will not help.
Becoming stronger on the other hand was different. It would even provide more chances for survival.
When Hong Jun and Su Qingqin had walked away, she put her hands across his arms and whispered something in his ears.
It was just when he heard this, his face had a strange expression.
"Are you sure?" He couldn't help but ask.
She nodded than shook her head. But he didn't care as long as there was a chance what she said was true.
His eyes seemed to have became brighter and Su Qingqin just smilled at this.