In Suyang City of Yuan Province, people flowed like a tide.

A gentle breeze passed through, stirring the man's robe.

Chen Chong had been standing here for quite some time, at this highest point of Suyang City, where a gaze from the balustrade could encompass thousands of streets and alleys below.

Looking at the boisterous and bustling Suyang City.

The turbulent Heart Lake gradually became serene.

"Chen, what on earth do you mean?!"

Footsteps sounded from behind.

A Starfire Gate appeared out of nowhere, and a young woman swiftly crossed the threshold, ignoring the guards' attempts to stop her, holding wide her robes in anger, she demanded, "With the Taoist Messenger here to collect someone, it was a prime opportunity to set terms, yet you didn't make a single condition and just let 'True Master Jun Shan' go for nothing?"

Chen Chong slightly shifted his head, glancing at the newcomer.

Nalan Qiutong.

To be precise, it was Nalan Qiutong acting upon the orders of "Nalan Xuance."

The moment Nalan Qiutong stepped into the mansion, her trusted aides drew their long swords to block her, but she dispersed like mist under the enhancment of the Xuanwei Technique. Stepping over the intersecting blades, she re-formed unharmed; such a brazen invasion would have resulted in execution by the trusted aides if it had been anyone else.

Chen Chong looked again towards the splendid Suyang City before him, and with his back to his trusted aides, he gestured with his hand.

The trusted aides guarding the mansion exchanged glances, silently sheathed their swords, stepped back, and vanished into the shadows.

"Does Chen need to explain his actions to you?"

Chen Chong, with hands clasped behind his back, said, "If there are grievances, Nalan Xuance is welcome to come to Yuan Province himself and question me."

"..."

Nalan Qiutong took a deep breath.

She knew that even though she was a disciple of the State Preceptor, having just left Xuanwei Island, she fell short in terms of achievements, status, and standing compared to Chen Chong.

By rights.

She shouldn't have spoken with such a tone.

But truly, she was affected by her "teacher's" mood.

The match that had begun on Qixia Mountain had come to an end.

Underneath the "Iron Curtain," Nalan Xuance laid numerous contingencies, and by all logic, now would be a time of "harvest." Yet the entire plan was thrown into chaos by the unforeseen variable, Xie Zhen.

Mi Yun did not die.

Miao Zhen escaped.

Although the "Destroying Buddha" in Yuan Province was a success, the lifeline of Fan Yin Temple was not cut off. After some time, the Ninth Prince would definitely retalitate against this destruction; by then, a power struggle would ensue within Li Kingdom's two factions, a scenario far from what Nalan Xuance wanted to see from the start.

If they couldn't seize the advantage at every turn, this "ambush" would end up as a loss-making venture.

Most importantly...

After the overall situation was settled, Nalan Xuance vaguely felt that there might be a fire starting in his own backyard.

"True Master Jun Shan is one of the most important figures in the Taoist sect."

"Now with Yuan Province's military heavily strained and talismans exhausted, the Taoist Messenger's arrival to collect someone was an excellent opportunity to resupply our forces."

Nalan Qiutong calmed her emotions, adjusted her tone, and said solemnly, "My master has sent me to ask the general, what exactly happened at Yuan Guang Temple a few days ago? Why was the Yuan Province's martial law lifted yesterday?"

"If Nalan Xuance truly cared about these matters, he would have come personally."

Chen Chong shook his head and said, "You can go back now, this matter does not concern you."

"How does it not concern me?"

Nalan Qiutong clenched her teeth and said, "On the Heavenly Pride List, Xie Zhen ranks first, and I am second; as Li Kingdom's genius, how can I be inferior to others? If the martial law in Yuan Province had not been lifted, I would have certainly led my forces to block Xie Zhen!"

"...You're overthinking it."

Chen Chong replied expressionlessly, "Xie Zhen has already left Yuan Province."

"There's the Xuanwei Technique sealing the area."

Nalan Qiutong coldly said, "Even if he flees, where could he possibly go? Under the 'Iron Curtain,' the entire territory of Li Kingdom is under my master's control."

Chen Chong turned around.

He looked at the woman before him with high War Intent and softly said, "Ah Jian is dead."

Nalan Qiutong was taken aback for a moment.

She knew that a major reason why Chen Chong was able to be titled the Lord of the Three States Iron Cavalry was not only due to his peak cultivation but also because, many years ago, he had brothers willing to follow him through life and death. At his call, they ventured to the Northern Territory of Li Kingdom with tens of thousands of Iron Cavalry to battle Erosion Sun Swamp.

Camp Yuzi and Camp Cang were the left and right arms of Chen Chong.

Despite the turmoil in Li Kingdom, with the Ninth Prince and the Crown Prince in conflict, no one doubted Chen Chong's capabilities, in everyone's eyes.

Before long, Chen Chong would ascend to Yang God and become Li Kingdom's new Martial God.

As his stature rose, those "brothers" who followed Chen Chong in battle would naturally benefit from good fortune, and among them, the ones with the most fortune were undoubtedly the commanders of these two Iron Cavalry camps, Meng Kejian and Du Yunzhong. These two talents were destined to become extremely powerful figures within the Yin God Realm.

"Meng Kejian is dead?"

Nalan Qiutong never expected to receive this news on her visit.

Her Divine Sea blanked for a moment.

Meng Kejian should have had cultivation around the Yin God Eighth Realm, which would place him as no weakling even among those in the Yin God Realm. Warriors focused on martial killing who tread the path of cultivation often burst forth with greater power in life-and-death battles of the same realm.

To kill Meng Kejian, the assailant would need the strength of at least the Yin God Ten Realms.

Nalan Qiutong's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but ask hoarsely, "...Who killed him?"

Chen Chong did not answer, nor did he need to.

He just looked at the woman before him and quietly said, "After all this time, are you still unwilling to come forward and talk to me?"

At the sound of his voice.

Nalan Qiutong let out a light sigh. Her voice was no longer delicate but became deep and resonant. In the next moment, the large sleeves she held aloft fluttered in the wind, slowly rising as her hair also flipped in the air, as if invisible threads swept through, swirling in the void, a faint silver glow churned and enveloped around the two within a ten-zhang radius, forming a round light cocoon.

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