Just as Chu Xuan crossed the barren slope, trying to shake off Chu Feng.
Inside a guest room at Liu Family Manor.
Dugu Linglong suddenly opened her eyes.
Her slender fingers, which had been resting on her knees, paused slightly. A trace of gravity finally appeared on her fair, cool face.
The strand of True Qi she had left inside the protective jade pendant had dissipated.
That jade pendant was on Chu Xuan.
For it to have been shattered meant that Chu Xuan had encountered an opponent far stronger than himself!
Dugu Linglong rose and walked to the window. Following the final trace of fading sensation, she looked toward the northern outskirts of the Imperial Capital.
The distance was too great for her to determine the exact location.
But the direction could not be wrong.
She had originally thought that Chu Xuan had merely been plotted against, causing his mind to become unstable.
Now, it seemed that the trouble he had gotten himself into was far greater than she had imagined.
Dugu Linglong frowned lightly.
Over the years, she had lived on the main peak, while Chu Xuan had lived halfway up the mountain.
Even when she occasionally taught him martial arts, she had always remained behind a screen, correcting only his techniques and cultivation methods, never truly meeting him face-to-face.
But no matter how carefully she had avoided suspicion in ordinary times, he was ultimately a junior she had once taught.
Chu Xuan's mistakes had to be answered for, but his life could not simply be ignored at a time like this.
With that thought, Dugu Linglong picked up the white cloth bundle beside the bed and pushed open the door.
Seeing Dugu Linglong leave her room, the maid outside hurried over.
"Immortal Master, what are your orders?"
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