"Can you open it, Young Noble?" Fiarra asked. It would be dangerous if she was alone, but she wasn't scared since Jin Rou was here. She felt that the safest place here in Mortalis was by this man's side.

"I have certain methods that can open it." Jin Rou answered, "But it will greatly affect what's inside. So we're going to find the key to open it."

Jin Rou could surely force to open it, but he had to risk damaging what's inside if he did. Since he wasn't sure yet what's the item inside exactly, he had no choice but to seek for the key. Since it was properly locked, there was a matching key to it.

Fortunately, Han Li knew what was the key and where to possibly find it. His network information was truly terrifying that it scared Jin Rou sometimes.

"A key?" Fiarra looked at the box and found that there's no keyhole to put in. But she didn't doubt Jin Rou. If he said there was a key, then there was. No questions asked.

"You will know later." Jin Rou smiled. The location of the key was, by coincidence, also inside the Dragon Sky.

Or was it really a coincidence? Perhaps that bearded man knew the key was here but calculated that he couldn't get it so he deemed it useless for him.

Jin Rou didn't care though. He would take the key and no one could stop him.

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The duo was travelling the vast sand of Dragon Sky. Seldom they would meet other people, but there were no greetings, just passing each other by. So far, they had not encountered an emperor or some high-leveled ancestors. They were perhaps hibernating or hiding.

After travelling for around two hours, the duo saw someone not far from them. It was a woman with beautiful hair. Since they're facing her back, they couldn't see the actual face of the woman, but Fiarra was sure that she's also a great beauty.

Jin Rou shook his head and said, "Let's go the other way."

But before the duo could get away, the woman suddenly moved. Her white robe fluttered with the wind and her faced turned to Jin Rou, "Still avoiding me like a plague?"

Fiarra was confused as she looked at Jin Rou and the lady. Judging by the words, it seemed the two knew each other. But why was Jin Rou trying to avoid her?

Jin Rou ignored her and continued walking. He was determined not to talk to her. But the lady had already teleported to where Jin Rou was. Her beauty was like the mixture of moon and sky, calming and natural.

Jin Rou looked at the lady and said flatly, "Step aside."

"Unless you talk to me, I will not move here." The lady had waited for Han Li to come back here. Now that he's in Dragon Sky again, how could she let him go again?

"I don't know you, so I have nothing to talk about with you." Jin Rou's tone didn't change, "I have my plans, and I don't want it interrupted."

Han Li had hated this woman to the core of his heart. The past between them was too bitter and hating that Han Li chose to seal the memories with her deep inside. But he knew that it's bound to reappear again.

"I just want to talk with you. I don't require you anything." The lady pleaded. Her eyes were trying to beg Jin Rou.

"You cannot require anything from me, to begin with." Jin Rou snorted, "I have already spared your life once, but you think that I will spare you again this time if you keep on messing with me?"

Jin Rou wasn't joking. Han Li tried to kill her in the past but he didn't due to their connection and out of mercy. However, Han Li was already dead so this lady didn't matter to Jin Rou. Since she was Han Li's enemy, Jin Rou would treat her as an enemy too.

Furthermore, Han Li's emotions were pure of hatred too right now when he looked at her.

"I just wanted to explain, is that so wrong?" The lady was forcing to keep her tears from flowing, "I have no choice during that time and you are aware of it."

Fiarra thought that she's caught in between of a huge fight so she slowly backed off. She didn't want to get caught in the crossfire as the two conversed.

"No one needs your explanation." Jin Rou flatly said with a sinister glint in his eyes, "What you did in the past has nothing to do with me and I don't give a damn about it. So don't try to push me, or else I'll take your life. Mind you, not even Leathersword Era Emperor can save you."

Leathersword Era Emperor was a powerful emperor which shined the world with his brightness in the past. He was the one of the few contributors why Dragon's Plate wasn't destroyed by the Pandemonium Incident.

And this lady here was Leathersword's younger sister. She bit her lip until it bled and said, "If you want to kill me, that's going to be easy for you regarding your power level. But along with my death, the only key for that old box you have will disappear with me forever."historical

Soon, she took out a small key, an old one which survived so many eras.

Jin Rou looked at the key and then at the lady, "Ophelia, do you really think that you can use that key as a bargaining chip? If I want to, I can just steal it from you and you wouldn't even notice it."

"That's true. But I doubt you will do it." Ophelia was determined, "But you will attract unnecessary trouble if you release even a bit of your power here."

The lady knew Han Li very well which was outstanding in a certain aspect.

"What do you want?" Jin Rou's silence was an admittance towards to what the lady had said.