Inside a secret chamber of the Shangguan Family, Shangguan Feiyun and his sister stared at the empty bed, looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Second Brother... where's Elder Brother?"
Shangguan Xiyun looked at Shangguan Feiyun, her face full of questions.
Before coming down, hadn't Shangguan Feiyun said that their elder brother's cultivation had been completely crippled, leaving him a useless man who could only lie in bed?
And this was the result?
Shangguan Feiyun was stunned at first as well, but relief soon appeared on his face.
"Heh, isn't this a good thing?"
"Our elder brother has always been proud and strong. He has always wanted to take care of us siblings. Now that something has happened to him and he will need us to care for him in the future, he must be unwilling in ten thousand ways."
"But Elder Brother's body..."
"Don't worry. That's the eldest of our family."
"Will we be able to see him again?"
"Heh, he left; he didn't die. Naturally, there will be a day when we meet again... there definitely will."
Li Yan did not ask much about Shangguan Liuyun's disappearance. Instead, he told Shangguan Feiyun about Huang Lingyan.
Yet Shangguan Feiyun showed no unusual reaction to Huang Lingyan's identity, which instead left Li Yan puzzled.
"Heh, Brother Wan, there is no need to worry. My Shangguan Family will shoulder Huang Lingyan's matter alone. It will absolutely not implicate any of you."
"Also, you may take half the gold and silver from the City Lord's Mansion. I still need the rest to deal with the city's affairs."
Hearing Shangguan Feiyun's words, Li Yan could not help but chuckle.
He had originally felt somewhat guilty over hiding his identity.
But now, it seemed that guilt had been entirely unnecessary.
The Shangguan Family still had