God-Tier Providence System-Chapter 127

"An entire night has passed, and she hasn’t returned."

"Do you know where she went?"

Lirin shuddered all over. Only now remembering that Zella and Fiora were roommates who shared the same cave dwelling. He forced an incredibly ugly smile. "Senior Sister Zella, I... I am also waiting for her."

"Senior Sister Fiora said she would come back here to find me after finishing her task."

"As for why she has been gone all night and hasn’t returned... I don’t know either..."

"You don’t know either?" A flash of coldness crossed Zella’s eyes.

"A living, breathing person disappears for an entire night. What could it mean?"

"I will go inform Master right now and ask him to search."

Seeing Zella turn to leave, panic gripped Lirin’s heart. He hurriedly rushed forward and grabbed her. "Senior Sister Zella, Master absolutely cannot know about this!"

"Why?" Zella frowned suspiciously.

"What exactly did you beg Fiora to do for you?"

"Could it be something that violates sect rules?"

"Otherwise, why would you need to hide it from Master?"

Faced with Zella’s relentless questioning, Lirin simply couldn’t answer. Fine beads of cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

Just as he was completely at a loss, a massive bird, pitch-black as ink, flew over them. As it passed right above their heads, it loosened its claws and dropped an object from mid-air.

Lirin and Zella focused their gazes. Instantly, both their faces filled with sheer terror. Their pupils abruptly shrank.

The object the black bird had dropped was a bloody, severed human hand.

"This... this..." Lirin’s face was full of horror, he retreated again and again. His words stuttering uncontrollably.

Zella, however, stepped forward with a deep frown and picked up the severed arm. Looking at a thin bamboo bracelet worn on the wrist, her entire body suddenly trembled violently.

"This... this is Fiora’s hand!"

"What?!" Lirin’s breathing became incredibly ragged. The pungent stench of blood making him feel suffocated.

Zella pried open Fiora’s fingers and took out the porcelain bottle gripped in her palm. Opening it, she brought it to her nose and sniffed.

Instantly, her expression darkened severely as she turned to glare at Lirin.

"A full bottle of Jade Dew Pills, truly a massive expense."

"Lirin Thorne, you had better honestly confess: what exactly did you ask Fiora to help you with last night?!"

"I... I..." Cold sweat poured down Lirin’s forehead like a waterfall.

Zella directly grabbed him by the throat. "Let me tell you. Fiora and I joined the Divine Blade Sect together back then. Over the years, we have supported each other through thick and thin. As close as blood sisters."

"Now, someone has murdered her. She died a miserable death without even leaving behind a full corpse."

"No matter who killed her, I will absolutely avenge her."

"If you dare to withhold anything from me, I will slaughter you first!"

"Senior Sister Zella, I’ll speak... I’ll speak..." Lirin nodded with great difficulty.

"Last night, I begged Senior Sister Fiora to go and help me kill someone..."

Immediately, Lirin confessed everything about his transaction with Fiora the previous night. Not daring to hide the slightest detail.

After listening, Zella remained silent for a long time before throwing Lirin to the ground. A cold, severe killing intent in her eyes.

"Taryn..."

"No matter what despicable methods you used to murder Fiora..."

"I will absolutely kill you and avenge her!"

...

Another day passed, late at night once more.

Alex tossed and turned, completely unable to fall asleep. He left the Hidden Broken Sword Cave and walked into the woods behind it.

"Almost all the valuable swords in this Hidden Sword Pavilion have been stored in my armory."

"Staying here on Broken Sword Peak is comfortable, sure, but it has lost its meaning."

"The most urgent priority right now is to find the Vault of Divine Blade Heart as quickly as possible. That is the true business at hand..."

These past few days, Alex had released his mental sense every day to gather intelligence from the various peaks. However, the Ten Great Main Peaks were completely peaceful and normal. Everyone merely cultivating step-by-step.

The days were incredibly tranquil. As if the appearance of the Vault of Divine Blade Heart wasn’t a thing at all.

Yet, according to the original plot, the current timeline was absolutely when it was supposed to appear.

"Could it be..." Alex suddenly had a guess. A trace of astonishment in his eyes.

"This Vault of Divine Blade Heart is the ultimate cheat code explicitly designated for the protagonist by the original author."

"Therefore... the Vault will only appear when Knox himself physically arrives at the Divine Blade Sect?!"

"As long as Knox isn’t here, even if I dig three feet deep into all three hundred peaks, I still wouldn’t be able to find it?!"

Thinking of this, Alex couldn’t help but slap himself on the forehead.

"Fuck!"

"This Protagonist Halo is too fucking shameless, isn’t it?!"

Judging from his investigations, this possibility was the absolute highest.

But if this was truly the case, then even if he used every scheme and calculation, it would still be incredibly difficult to snatch the Vault from Knox’s hands.

Then wouldn’t his traveling all the way here, hiding his name, and joining the Divine Blade Sect be completely meaningless?

Just as Alex was sighing repeatedly, somewhat doubting his life choices, his ears caught the sound of an abnormal wind. He narrowed his eyes and slowly turned around.

"Who?"

"Go to hell!"

A fierce sword energy rushed straight at his face. Mixed with a sharp, piercing killing intent.

Alex’s figure flashed backward, easily dodging it. A trace of interest in his eyes.

"Heh, so I didn’t waste throwing out that fragrant bait last night. It actually lured out an even bigger fish?"

A woman stood before him. Dressed in a white robe, holding a sword, her entire body radiating murderous aura.

Seeing her strike miss, the woman looked angry and gritted her teeth. "Heh, to think a piece of trash like you was actually holding back."