The Shangguan Family and the Wenren Family's first direct-line descendant born of marriage in a thousand years...
Their own child clearly had the two great families of Gan Province at his back, yet he still had to suffer others' schemes and endure such a deadly peril.
A trace of sorrow flashed through the eyes of the woman in palace dress. It was as if her grief had grown too heavy, throwing even the aura in her meridians into some disorder.
The man's heart ached. He reached out to support her, but she shoved him away with one hand.
"And then?" the woman in palace dress said coldly. "Then what else did you find?"
The man helplessly withdrew his arm and sighed.
"It was Gu... Changhuai. He found a clue to Yu'er, followed it to an eatery dozens of li outside the city, and found a gang of human traffickers with only early Foundation Establishment cultivation..."
"But..."
The man shook his head and said bitterly, "Yu'er was taken again..."
The woman in palace dress was stunned. "Again?"
The man said hoarsely, "It was another group..."
"They ambushed with Array Techniques and killed with spells..."
"The Array Technique was hidden, powerful, and caught them off guard. The spell used was also the ordinary Fireball Technique. The method was clean and decisive, leaving not a single trace of their origins..."
"And among the Human Traffickers, one of them knew the Gold-Breaking Sword Art..."
"Duanjin Gate..." the woman said through gritted teeth.
The man gave a bitter smile. "It has nothing to do with Duanjin Gate. It was probably a disciple who betrayed the sect. Duanjin Gate doesn't have the guts, and they're not that stupid, either, to use such an eye-catching signature sword move..."
"I don't care!" the woman said hatefully. "If Yu'er