Today's first update: Chapter 3501! 1/4!
The slightly dispirited aura around him suddenly tightened. An icy, bone-piercing killing intent, nearly tangible, spread uncontrollably, as though even the light within the hall had dimmed.
He abruptly raised his eyes toward Li Yian. A scarlet glint flashed through their depths as his voice squeezed through clenched teeth, carrying the chill of grinding metal:
"Who did this?"
The moment those four words left his mouth, the air itself seemed to freeze. Yue Chan'er and the others held their breath. They had rarely seen The Lord reveal such naked, violent emotion.
Yet a deep helplessness and confusion surfaced on Li Yian's illusory face. She slowly shook her head. "I don't know."
"You don't know?" Xu Kun furrowed his brows. His killing intent remained, while his confusion abruptly deepened.
"This matter... has been kept strictly secret throughout the Phoenix Race. The information blockade is extraordinarily tight."
Li Yian explained solemnly, "Even with Yao Yao and the others' status and channels, after making inquiries through many sources, all they learned was the vague outcome that she had been severely wounded in an attack. As for the specific details, the attacker's identity, the methods used... there were no clues at all, as though everything had sunk into the sea.
After that, Huang'er never appeared in public again. The Phoenix Lord placed her under the tightest protection possible, cutting off all outside observation and contact."
"Then... what about the attacker? The Phoenix Race investigated with all its strength, and still found nothing?"
Xu Kun pressed on. He knew full well the influence of the Phoenix Race and the methods of his Phoenix Lord grandmother. If she had pursued the culprit with all her fury, there were only a handful of powers among the myriad races that could