# 1041
Chapter 1042: The Disappearing Exit
"What are you thinking?"
The Peach Banquet was nearing its end. Many immortals were bidding farewell and departing. The entire venue was gradually quieting down. Seeing Lin Qiye sitting at his seat in a daze, Yang Jian asked.
Lin Qiye stared at the empty hall before him. After a moment of hesitation, he said perplexedly:
"The Peach Banquet has ended... Why hasn't this temporal fragment disappeared yet?"
If the purpose of this temporal fragment existing was merely to deter the foreign enemies who had broken in, the best approach would be to continuously repeat the day of the Peach Banquet when the Gods of Great Xia gathered.
Now the Peach Banquet had ended, and nearly all the Gods of Great Xia had returned to the Heavenly Court or taken up their respective posts. The number of Great Xia gods within Kunlun Ruins was scarce.
If enemy forces were to infiltrate at this moment, wouldn't they just find an empty space?
Yang Jian raised his head to look at the Kunlun Mirror suspended in the air.
"Since the Kunlun Mirror captured this period after the Peach Banquet, it must have its own purpose. After all, that one's thoughts are not something we can casually speculate about..."
Its own purpose?
Could it be that the Kunlun Mirror's purpose in releasing this temporal fragment was not only to deter foreign enemies? Was there a deeper intention?
Lin Qiye contemplated for a long time but still couldn't find an answer. At this point, all the Gods of Great Xia at the Peach Banquet had left. Only he, Yang Jian, and Nezha remained in the area.
Soon, a green-skirted maid servant approached, and after bowing, asked:
"Three guests, the Peach Banquet has ended, and we need to clean the venue...
Although the Peach Banquet has concluded, Her Majesty has decreed that the Celestial Brew fruit banquet will continue for several days. If you three are interested, I can prepare some empty rooms for you to stay here at the Jade Pool.
What do you think?"
Lin Qiye hesitated only briefly before nodding.
"Alright, I'll stay."
The coverage range of the temporal fragment was only Kunlun Ruins. Once he left this area, the fragment would cease to exist.
Being able to peek at the history of the Gods of Great Xia from a hundred years ago through the Kunlun Mirror—this was a rare opportunity. He wanted to stay and see what would happen here.
As for the new recruits still training on the plateau, the third leg of the journey he was responsible for had ended. There was nothing much requiring his attention. He believed An Qingyu and the others could handle the remaining portions.
As for the matter at the entrance to Kunlun Ruins, Cao Yuan had already reported the situation to the headquarters in Shangjing. There wouldn't be any major problems.
There were still three days remaining before the final day of ascending Gongur Peak. As long as he could make it back within three days, everything would be fine.
"I'll stay as well." Yang Jian suddenly spoke.
Lin Qiye was stunned and turned to look at him疑惑ly.
"Since my existence is merely a temporal fragment, it would be meaningless to do anything regardless. It would be better to stay here and become a witness." Yang Jian said calmly.
"Then I'm not going back either. It's not like I have anything else to do anyway." Nezha shrugged.
The green-skirted maid servant, upon seeing this, slightly nodded. "Then please follow me, three guests."
The maid servant led Lin Qiye and the other two away from the Peach Banquet venue, heading directly toward the immortal palace inside the Jade Pool.
As they left, the venue fell into complete silence.
In a corner of the venue.
A blurry soul remnant rose slowly from Andre's corpse.
"Phew..."
Andre's remnant soul looked around, confirming that no Great Xia gods remained in the vicinity. Finally, he breathed a sigh of relief and coldly laughed.
"Fortunately, before I left Olympus, Lady Gaia cut out a separate branch soul for me. As long as I can use this wisp of a soul to return to Olympus, I still have the possibility of reconstructing my physical body...
Once I transmit back the intelligence that Great Xia's defenses are空虚, the end of these Great Xia gods will come."
He冷哼一声，残魂化作一抹白芒，极速的向着Jade Pool之外飞去！
然而，他的残魂刚飞到蟠桃盛会会场的大门口，一只宝瓶便自虚无中凝聚而出，刹那间扩大到山岳大小，迎面罩住了Andre的残魂！
一股恐怖的吸引力自瓶口释放，Andre的残魂就如同一颗落在吸尘器面前的尘埃，控制不住的飞向宝瓶的瓶口。
他的瞳孔骤然收缩，奋力的试图挣开这引力，却毫无作用。
怎么可能？！
这东西是什么时候出现的？
眼看着黑洞洞的瓶口在他眼中极速放大，Andre的心中升起前所未有的恐惧。
那是生死间绝望的恐惧，那是对未知的恐惧。
他不理解，自己留下分魂这件事是怎么暴露的，盖亚大人留下的手段，就算是Great Xia神应该也没那么容易看破才对！
而且直到现在，他连对自己出手的人究竟是谁都不知道。
无尽的恐慌与绝望中，Andre的残魂被彻底吸入了瓶中，那只飞旋的宝瓶迅速缩小，化作一抹青光，飞向了Jade Pool中央的一座华丽仙宫。
仙宫内，Queen Mother of the West穿着凤袍，随意的摊开了手掌，那只宝瓶便自动飞入了她的掌间。
她抓着宝瓶的瓶口，轻轻晃了晃，那双美眸中看不出喜怒，
"两只老鼠，都已经落网，还剩下三只……能逃到哪里去？"
……
Kunlun Ruins中，Jade Pool之外。
An Qingyu，Si Xiaonan与Leng Xuan披着无缘纱，自悬空山峰上降落而下。
Si Xiaonan回头扫了眼会场大门的方向，又将目光落在了Leng Xuan手掌的黑耳之上，沉吟片刻之后，还是说道：
"既然我们已经探清了Great Xia神的虚实，辛格就没有利用价值了，此人在掌握进入Kunlun Ruins方法的前提下，还主动寻伴，身上疑点太多……趁此机会除掉他，也是消除隐患。"
Leng Xuan配合的点了点头，"嗯，我理解。"
Si Xiaonan这句话，看似是在和Leng Xuan交流，其实是在找一个正当的理由，向Loki解释刚刚的一切。
虽然她设下诡计，坑死了同盟的代理人辛格，但她相信Loki并不会因此责怪她。
Loki从来就不在乎什么同盟，更不会想着替奥林匹斯的神明出头，他身为诡计之神，身上也没少背其他神国的神明血债。
"走吧，该离开这里，回Asgard了。"
Si Xiaonan环顾四周，很快便找到了他们来时的古老大门所在的方向，带着二人快速走去。
几分钟后，他们站在一片空旷的大地上，眼中浮现出深深的茫然……
"门呢？"Leng Xuan诧异的环顾四周，"我记得，我们就是从这里来的。"
An Qingyu眉头微皱，他的眼眸中闪过一抹灰意，
"离开的门……消失了。"