Chen Qing put away the pills, then returned to the Quiet Room and continued cultivating.
The next day, before the thin morning mist had fully dispersed, someone came calling.
Chen Qing opened the door and saw a middle-aged steward in brocade robes standing outside, with two guards of steady auras behind him.
The steward immediately piled a respectful smile onto his face upon seeing Chen Qing. Cupping his hands, he said, "Are you Young Hero Chen Qing of the Tianbao Supreme Sect? I am Wang Lu, a steward of the outer residence of the Xuanming Wang Family. By order of our First Elder, I have come to deliver an invitation."
As he spoke, he presented a gilded invitation with both hands, from which a faint scent of sandalwood incense wafted.
An invitation from the Wang Family's First Elder!?
Chen Qing's heart stirred, but his expression remained unchanged. He said evenly, "My thanks for your trouble, Steward Wang."
His gaze swept over the invitation's contents. As expected, it was an invitation from Wang De, the Wang Family's First Elder, to a banquet at the Wang residence in Tianbao City that evening.
Wang De!
One of the Wang Family's True Origin Realm experts, known as the Mystic Sun Spirit Tamer!
Wang Zhifu, whom Chen Qing had previously killed, had been this old man's most beloved niece. He was also the one who had spared no effort in pushing the investigation from behind the scenes!
Chen Qing's thoughts raced. Inviting me?
He swiftly calmed himself and carefully retraced every detail of the battle at Falling Star Slope.
When he had killed Wang Zhifu and the two retainers, he had simulated Star Primordial Gang. He had thoroughly destroyed the corpses, so it was impossible for any physical evidence directly pointing to him to remain.