Chapter 1502: Chapter 1500: The Destroyer Is Lin Fan!

A long silence.

Everyone seemed to have lost the ability to speak, staying silent, only staring at each other.

Each person harbored the worst assumptions, as well as the best ones.

Yet they couldn’t connect the scene before them with any good assumptions.

Several thousand square meters of dwelling.

Leveled to the ground.

This never happened in thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of years.

Since Wenyu City banned outsiders from entering, such chaos had not occurred.

This was the first time in tens of thousands of years.

"Damn it! This is damn troublesome! Haven’t we found any useful clues?! What can be deduced from just a pile of ruins?!" Zhu Qilue clenched his fists, swinging fiercely at the air.

Though his sister was found, safe and sound.

But Lin Fan was missing, his fate unknown.

On the surface, Zhu Qilue still acted disdainful towards Lin Fan because he had to pretend to look down on him. People from the Five Elements Realm regard those from Sumeru Continent as beneath them, and it’s quite shameful.

Since childhood, he was taught that Sumeru Continent is a place only for ants.

Yet now with Lin Fan missing, he could no longer hide his inner anxiety.

He must confront his true feelings.

In truth, he already considered Lin Fan as a friend!

Admittedly, he knew that for someone from the Five Elements Realm, this was incredibly shameful, even a disgrace!

Being friends with an ant, who would do something so foolish, it’s so stupid!

However.

Zhu Qilue was truly worried about Lin Fan, without any pretense.

He expressed his anger without reservation, kicking at the broken wall, causing it to crumble.

"Master Zhu, venting your emotions like this doesn’t help." Lan Yunwei said, eyebrows twitching in displeasure.

The wall Zhu Qilue kicked down was, after all, a property of the Water Clan.

And she wasn’t wrong; randomly venting emotions would only cloud judgment, solving no problem.

Zhu Qilue rolled his eyes, realizing he had gone a bit too far, shrugged.

"But we can’t just sit here and wait. We’ve got to do something. If all this was truly done by Lan Zhengqing, then he must be insane, who knows what extreme actions he will take next."

"..."

Lan Yunwei was momentarily speechless, furrowing her brow, surveying the surrounding ruins, letting out a long sigh.

Right then.

Zhu Ruoling timidly raised her hand, a hint of perplexity and bewilderment in her expression.

Zhu Qilue furrowed his brows, asking: "Ling’er, did you find something?"

Zhu Ruoling swallowed hard, nodded.

She had been lost in thought, paying no attention to the chaotic surroundings, absorbed in her own thoughts.

As Zhu Qilue and Lan Yunwei were deeply engrossed in worry, they hadn’t noticed anything unusual about Zhu Ruoling.

Now with Zhu Ruoling suddenly raising her hand, they finally realized something strange.

Zhu Qilue and Lan Yunwei exchanged a glance, quickly moving to Zhu Ruoling’s side, gently saying: "Ling’er, if you’ve found something, tell us. This concerns the life and death of Divine Phoenix and Lin Fan."

"Did you notice anything odd about Lan Zhengqing?" Lan Yunwei’s voice trembled slightly, fearful of Zhu Ruoling nodding.

However.

Zhu Ruoling quickly shook her head, her face full of alarm and said: "No, it’s not Zhengqing! What I found has nothing to do with Zhengqing!"

"If it’s not Lan Zhengqing, then who? Ling’er, stop keeping us in suspense, just tell us, you’re driving me crazy!"

"No... it’s not..." Zhu Ruoling took a deep breath, scratching the back of her head. "I thought I was mistaken at first, so I didn’t dare tell you. But after thinking it over, it seems I wasn’t mistaken."

"What exactly did you see?" the two asked simultaneously.

A gulp.

Zhu Ruoling swallowed heavily, her voice trembling: "During the explosion, since I stood behind my brother, I didn’t feel the blast instantly, so... at that moment, I saw a figure emerge from the dust. Initially, I thought I was seeing things, but I actually saw it... really saw it..."

Zhu Qilue and Lan Yunwei were taken aback; Zhu Ruoling hadn’t mentioned this before!

This was a critical clue!

"Ling’er, you indeed saw a figure, right?!"

"Yes...yes..."

"So, did you see who the figure was?"

"Uh...I...I’m not sure..."

"So, you feel the figure seems very familiar, right?"

"Yes...very familiar..."

"This figure, is it Lan Zhengqing?"

"..."

Zhu Ruoling took a deep breath, closed her eyes, seeming to make a final decision.

The next instant!

She suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze brilliant, incredibly firm.

Just when Zhu Qilue thought she would nod.

Unexpectedly.

Zhu Ruoling shook her head resolutely, a face full of determination, without any hesitation.

"No, that figure wasn’t Zhengqing."

"What?!" Zhu Qilue exclaimed in shock, greatly surprised.

Lan Yunwei sighed deeply with relief, her tense face relaxing somewhat.

"If not Lan Zhengqing, who has such power to destroy this vast dwelling?!" Zhu Qilue frowned tightly. "It must be Lan Zhengqing, you must’ve seen it wrong."

"No. I definitely didn’t see it wrong, I’m too familiar with Zhengqing’s back. Because...he never likes facing me...so I’m very familiar, that figure wasn’t Zhengqing, but seemed like..."

"Seemed like who?"

"Seemed...like Lin Fan..."

Zhu Ruoling hesitated for a moment, her tone less certain than before.

Zhu Qilue and Lan Yunwei’s jaws dropped, stunned, speechless.

They had already ruled out Lin Fan!

Because Lin Fan simply didn’t have the strength to level this vast dwelling!

Yet...

Yet Zhu Ruoling claimed to have seen Lin Fan’s figure!

This was simply unfathomable.

Impossible!

"No way, this can’t be right. Lin Fan? Are you sure it’s Lin Fan?" Zhu Qilue asked, bewildered.

"I...I’m not sure...But the figure really looks like Lin Fan..." Zhu Ruoling said softly, not daring to be fully certain.

"How could it be! Lin Fan is from Sumeru Continent, how could he possess such skills? Indeed, he performed extraordinarily before, I admit. But to believe he caused all this...I refuse to believe it." Zhu Qilue’s face twitched, his emotions extremely conflicted.

Lan Yunwei, however, calmed down, her brows tightly furrowed, looking at Zhu Ruoling.

The latter’s expression didn’t seem deceitful.

Though a bit unsure, clearly not trying to lie.

Could it really have been Lin Fan?

"Alright! Stop arguing, debating these issues here holds no purpose. Whether it’s Lin Fan or Lan Zhengqing, these clues aren’t definitive."

She suddenly intervened, halted Zhu Qilue’s outburst.

"Ling’er, you said you saw the shadow, correct?"

Zhu Ruoling nodded heavily.

"Alright, tell us which direction the figure went, we’ll pursue it now to find out! I refuse to believe, they can escape Wenyu City so easily!"

Zhu Ruoling scratched the back of her head, scanned around, then pointed northeast. "It went that way."

"Then let’s go have a look!"