Jiangling Commandery's Sky is About to Change

Within the shattered Snow Moon Pavilion, faint flakes of snow were even drifting down, piercingly cold.

In the pavilion pool not far away, frost began to form. The water slowed, then began freezing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"Azure Sea Heart Jade?"

Zhao Tianhe recognized the item, and his heart jolted in shock.

This was a rare treasure ranked prominently even on the Treasure Ranking issued by the Heavenly Machine Tower. It could only possibly be nurtured in the depths of the Boundless Sea.

The Boundless Sea was filled with Sea Clan beasts. Even cultivators of the Sixth or Seventh Realm did not dare venture there rashly, for death awaited at every turn.

It was said that the entire Great Xia Dynasty did not possess more than a few pieces.

One piece that had appeared in the past had seemingly been tribute sent by a Sea Clan leader.

This piece of Azure Sea Heart Jade could no longer be measured in terms of value.

To cultivators who practiced ice-attribute techniques, it was no different from a holy relic. Using it to extract and refine spiritual energy of ice-cold attributes would make cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

"I understand, Young Master."

Uncle Ying immediately replied in a deep voice, murderous intent abruptly exposed in his eyes.

Seeing Lin Fan's figure about to vanish into that stretch of void, he stepped forward at once and took the wooden box.

Vast, surging mana wrapped around the Azure Sea Heart Jade. It was directly activated, transforming into a brilliant stream of light like an ice crystal, and instantly detonated toward the void through which Lin Fan had departed.

"You..."

Lin Fan had thought there would be no more surprises and that he could escape safely, but he had never expected Jiang Lan to have another trick up his sleeve.

The emotions he had only just suppressed erupted into fury once more. His already ugly expression turned somewhat livid and twisted.

At this sight, a trace of conflict and hesitation flickered across Zhao Tianhe's aged face, as though he were struggling.

Yet the next instant, all expression receded, leaving only indifference.

Vast Confucian righteous qi surged from his body. His aged palm stretched out, and amid rumbling void, Heaven and Earth Void Qi gathered, transforming into an ancient, vast golden hand seal that struck toward Lin Fan, intending to stop him.

"Grandfather..."

Zhao Dieyi was utterly stunned, unable to understand why.

Lin Fan had likewise never imagined that Zhao Tianhe would attack him at this moment.

Shock crossed his face as well, before his fury turned into a laugh. "Good, good, good..."

BOOM!!!

At the same time, boundless icy aura erupted there like an exploding volcano, shaking the entire Sky Vault until it trembled and churned.

Alongside the vast, surging righteous qi of the Confucian School, frigid air ran wild across the heavens, blanketing everything and sweeping through all directions, changing even the sky above Yuyi City.

Countless shards of ice and snow, mixed with crimson fragments of internal organs, whirled down in a fluttering storm.

The stretch of Sky Vault through which Lin Fan had just fled was directly frozen over.

A dazzling pale-blue layer of ice spread outward, reflecting the splendid moonlit clouds in the distance, gleaming with a magnificent, dreamlike luster.

Just like the trembling, fearful, dreamlike feelings in everyone's hearts at this moment.

Uncle Ying could not help asking, "Young Master, was that worth it?"

He remembered that this Azure Sea Heart Jade was one of Jiang Lan's life-saving treasures, incomparably precious.

To use it here seemed truly unnecessary to him...

Even if Lin Fan fled, how long could he flee for? After today, there would no longer be any place for him on the Nine Provinces Continent.

The opportunity just now had vanished in an instant, leaving him no time to ask further.

"If we can keep him here and uncover the origins and background behind him, perhaps we can also resolve one of Father's troubles. Besides, this man carries many secrets."

"What is there not to be worth it?"

"Besides, it was just a little trinket Mother refined and gave me. Keeping it on me without using it would be a waste." Jiang Lan smiled faintly, directly dumping the blame onto his father.

After all, in the eyes of the world, his father had countless enemies. One more made no difference, and one less made no difference either.

Zhao Tianhe felt his heart shudder. Everyone knew that the Prime Minister's Manor could cover the sky with one hand, yet few knew that—

The Prime Minister's wife was, in truth, the most terrifying one.

"Is this still the Su Family's useless son-in-law we knew? All these years, he had actually been lying low and concealing his strength, all to assassinate the Prime Minister's son? Such scheming is far too terrifying."

"Such a huge incident has happened. The sky over Yuyi City—no, perhaps the entire Jiangling Commandery—is about to change."

Everyone remained immersed in extreme shock and disbelief.

Even Su Qinghan was unable to recover from the scene before her for a long while.

"Brother-in-law Lin Fan..."

"How could he be so powerful? He could actually still escape under such circumstances..."

"Why did he want to assassinate the Prime Minister's son?"

Su Qingyao's delicate, jade-like little face was filled with a blank expression.

Was this still the brother-in-law she knew?

Hearing her near-muttered words, Su Changkong's expression changed. He hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "From this day forward, Lin Fan has nothing whatsoever to do with my Su Family. He is no longer your brother-in-law."

"Qingyao, don't be deceived by his appearance. Lin Fan harbors the ambitions of a wolf and the heart of a beast, his intentions unfathomable. For years, he lay dormant in the Su Family for no reason other than to assassinate Young Master Jiang. This is a grave crime."

"Do not have anything to do with that fellow again."

His heart still trembled with lingering fear. Such a dangerous man had spent all these years in his Su Family as a worthless son-in-law, humiliated and mocked by all.

Who knew whether, if they provoked him one day, he might fly into a rage, kill people, and wash the Su Family in blood?