CHAPTER 343 THE NEBULA AT THE ELIXIR FIELD (PART TWO)

Thinking of this, he started to search for it. Before long, he arrived at the place where, as far as he

could remember, the Holy Lord of the Lotus Holy Land had met him for the first time.

After numerous battles, the whole Lotus Holy Land had been destroyed except for this place. It was

kept safe, sound, and pristine. Darren thought that if the Lotus Holy Land had a forbidden area, that

wouldn't be somewhere than this place.

Looking around, a massive lotus on the pool that seemed to be so special, caught Darren's eye. Thus,

instinctively, he flew over the lake promptly.

Splllattt! Clap!

As he was hovering over the mysterious lotus flower, a big hand showed up out of nowhere. In a split

second, the hand strangled and clapped Darren like a mosquito, pulling him into the underground.

"Damn it!" Caught unprepared and unguarded, Darren was startled. The big hand had approached

without casting a shadow or even a slight aura that Darren hadn't sensed any sign of it before he was

attacked. Obviously, whoever was behind the sibylline hand was powerful.

Whoosh!

Freed from the grapple of the hand, Darren flew out from a ruptured hole on the ground and saluted to

the big lotus, saying, "Sir, I'm sorry to offend you and disturb you in any way."

"Leave now! You're not allowed to be here. You are not supposed to be here in the first place." An old

cracking voice emerged from the big lotus. Hearing that, Darren felt inexorable stateliness.

"Okay. I will leave. I am sorry for trespassing," not wanting to incur further arguments, Darren replied as

he bent down, and he flew away from the pool.

By now, Darren finally realized why the Blade Holy Land dared send men to destroy and conquer the

Lotus Holy Land. As long as they didn't pillage the forbidden area, they wouldn't be severely punished.

"In this case, if I don't go into the forbidden area of the Blade Holy Land, I could also destroy their Holy

Land!" with a pre-occupied mind, Darren sneered coldly, as he flew towards a small courtyard.

"Elder Colin, I'm back,"

announced Darren. He felt relieved to be back in the place where he felt at home. He had personally

arranged the small courtyard for Colin to live.

In spite of his excitement, Darren got goosebumps under his skin since there was no response from

Colin. It was unusual for him to ignore Darren. Thus, with a troubled mind, Darren went to the door

cautiously and opened it.

Squeak!

When the door slowly swung open, Darren was stunned to see the old man hanging lifelessly with his

neck tied to the ceiling beam.

"Mr. Li!" perplexed, Darren called out, his nose feeling sore. In a hurry, he cut the rope and put Colin

down.

"Mr. Li, you... Why did you commit suicide?" Darren sobbed, looking at Colin, who was now pale and

cold. He was bewildered about why Colin would take his own life. 'What could be wrong with him?'

Darren thought.

As he was unable to believe his eyes, Darren was so upset deep inside. Colin was the first big bug he

met at the Lotus Holy Land who cared for him a lot. Moreover, Colin was always approachable to him

and easy to get along. Darren appreciated how much the elder cared for him.

Seeing him lifeless now, Darren couldn't care less than think of that day when he first arrived at the

Lotus Holy Land. Colin's granddaughter wrangled to take part in the examination. At that time, Elder

Colin appeared so amiable.

'Eh? That's not right. Cathy!'

At the thought of Colin's granddaughter, Darren was suddenly enlightened. He felt that there was a

foul-play on the elder's death. Colin could not afford to take his own life; he was more than just an

ordinary elder and was always positive when it came to life and existence. Darren believed that his

death was not only a simple suicide case as it appeared. As his thought brought him back from that day

of his granddaughter's examination, Darren remembered that when Colin recovered from his wounds,

he and the elder had a conversation for a long time. As Colin mentioned Cathy, however, he was

perturbed. 'But why would he commit suicide?' The thought persisted on Darren's mind.

'Elder Colin once told me that when the Blade Holy Land carried out provocations to them, the Holy

Lord of the Lotus Holy Land had commanded men to escort Cathy and my sister to a safer place where

even Elder Colin didn't know. The one whom he cares most is his granddaughter. He couldn't kill

himself for no reason at all!'

Darren thought back and forth, deep in his reverie. When he came back, he was worried a lot about his

sister and Elsa. However, when Colin told him that his sister had been sent to a safer place together

with Cathy, he felt relieved. Thus, he didn't hurry to find his sister since only when he saved the Holy

Lord of the Louts Holy Land, he could know her whereabouts.

Sensing that the situation was somewhat suspicious, Darren searched Colin's body. Additionally, he let

out the spiritual sense to check for any clues of his death.

To his surprise, his eyes led him to Colin's clenched fist. With his heart skipping a beat, he unfolded his exclusive content.

now dried fist and discovered something in there.

"Purple, rule,"

with furrowed brows, Darren read. Those were the two words that appeared on Colin's right palm.

Judging from the dry, dark purple bloodstain, the two words were dug out and etched by Colin's

fingernails.

"Purple rule?" moving back and forth, Darren muttered to himself repeatedly. While doing that, he was

gradually releasing the Spirit Power to search the rest of Colin's body. Stopping abruptly, an idea lit up

in his mind. Instantly, his eyes were filled with fury.

"It's the rule cultivator in purple!" realizing what the words etched on Elder Colin's palm signified,

Darren yelled. At the thought of that, dense murderous intents were stating to intensify inside his body.