"Dead?" Ning asked with surprise. "I was told the lizard was alive just a few years ago."
"Yes, senior. It happened only a couple of months ago. There was a fight where the city and sect were infiltrated by people from another city."
"At the time, the fight got so bad that senior Lizard had to step in, but even he couldn't win. He struggled until his last breath and managed to kill the intruders, but his wound was so bad that he died just a couple of days later," the sect leader said.
"An invasion?" Ning asked in surprise. 'Is that why these people are so stressed?' Ning thought.
"Yes, senior. We were attacked by another city from the next empire, so we are a little scared to let just anyone in. Which was why these guards stopped you. I hope you don't mind," the sect leader said.
"Sigh, it's fine. Urghh," Ning felt tired. After coming all the way, only to find out that the beast was dead.
