At the entrance to the Spirit King Residence, Zhang Xuan arrived.
"Stop! Who are you?" The guards at the entrance frowned and blocked his path.
Zhang Xuan ignored them and stepped forward, intending to enter.
"How dare you trespass into the Spirit King Residence! Seize him!"
With a clatter, several guards immediately drew their blades and moved to capture him.
Zhang Xuan sneered and threw a punch. In no time at all, the guards were sprawled on the ground, unconscious.
He swaggered into the Spirit King Residence.
Inside, servants bustled about with their work, and no one noticed Zhang Xuan entering.
Zhang Xuan surveyed his surroundings, then headed north.
The North Courtyard was a lush garden filled with the fragrance of flowers. The Spirit King Consort's chambers were located there.
At that moment, the Spirit King Consort was strolling about, admiring freshly blossomed purple orchids, attended by two maids.
After a while, she grew tired and sat down on a nearby stool.
"You may leave. Let me be alone for a while."
"Yes!" The two maids curtsied, then withdrew.
After the maids left, the Spirit King Consort rose again and looked up at the sky. "
Now that the agreement has been fulfilled, why has Master yet to come and take me back? Could something have happened to the sect?"
She frowned in thought, unaware that a handsome young man had entered the flowers of the inner courtyard.
It was Zhang Xuan. He had originally intended to seek out the Spirit King, but by a twist of fate, he had arrived at the consort's garden in the North Courtyard instead.
Looking around, he spotted an exquisitely beautiful woman in a white dress standing among the flowers. Her bearing was cold and dignified as she frowned at the sky and murmured