Within the courtyard.
Jiang Ning looked at the old woman named Hou Yingying before him, somewhat surprised.
He could sense the fear revealed by Hou Yingying.
That fear originated from him.
Had she noticed something? A thought flashed through his mind.
"Elder Hou, Palace Lord Xiao, sit down first and talk." Jiang Ning suppressed his doubts and invited the two women to take their seats.
Luyi also entered the room to make preparations.
A moment later.
The three of them took their seats in the pavilion.
Although the morning weather was hot,
Dongling City was situated on one side of the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range, backed by its continuous peaks.
Moreover, the backyard was lush with greenery, and the lake in the middle occupied seventy to eighty percent of the area, making the temperature far lower than in Guangning City.
Especially after the heavy rain two days earlier, the temperature had dropped considerably.
Now, as a cool breeze swept across the lake and evaporated the sweat, Jiang Ning suddenly felt wave after wave of chill.
At the same time.
When Xiao Emei heard the Great Elder Hou Yingying's voice beside her, her heart was thrown into turmoil.
She recalled the information she had heard earlier.
The Water Moon Sword Palace's two secretly transmitted supreme techniques—
the Azure Wave Sword Sutra and the Desire Severing Heart Sutra—had appeared in Guangning City at the Summer Auction held by the Myriad Blossom Pavilion.
This matter had not yet reached the ears of the sword palace's disciples, so it had not caused any major disturbance.
Once the news spread, however, it would surely unsettle the hearts of the Water Moon Sword Palace's disciples and make the situation even worse.
Countless thoughts flashed through her mind, and she suddenly felt that the possibility of her