Ambitions Beyond Measure

Yutang Ruofeng received her grandaunt's orders and was the first to flash out of the main hall. As an elder of the Molten Flame Hall, she was responsible for the sect's internal and external investigations and arrests. As someone who had witnessed the matter firsthand, she needed to issue the wanted notice immediately, lest Xue Yu harm others under the banner of the Heavenly Demon Palace.

With Old Ancestor Fengxin holding the fort, Moyong also became much more composed. He was the second to flash out of the main hall, heading to explain matters to the sect disciples gathered in the plaza before the hall and inform them of the full story. This concerned the unsealed Evil God's body, and Xue Yu had turned traitor within the sect. He had to spread the news, lest the Heavenly Demon Palace disciples be used.

Yet Yunxi kept feeling that she had forgotten something important. Only when she looked at Xun Kun did she subconsciously blurt out:

"Xun Kun, your little disciple!"

Xun Kun also realized at that moment that he had left Liao Ziqian behind on the Heavenly Demon Palace's entry Heavenly Ladder. With a flash, he became the third to leave the main hall. At that point, only Yutang Fengxin, Xuanyuan Wei, and Yunxi remained in the hall, along with the two sword-bearing disciples by the entrance.

Yunxi glanced worriedly in the direction Xun Kun had vanished, concerned that Xue Yu might have taken Liao Ziqian along as he fled. If that had happened, she truly would have cried. She had gone through untold hardships to snatch Liao Ziqian back; if he were lost inside the Heavenly Demon Palace, Xun Kun would probably cough up blood from fury.

Yutang Fengxin was studying Yunxi with her bright eyes before she smiled and