The Sun Family, Linliu Pavilion.
Inside Sun Liuliu's secret chamber, a young man sat facing her.
Between them lay a black-and-white chessboard, the game locked in a stalemate.
"Xiao Kai, it should be about time, shouldn't it?" Sun Liuliu placed a piece and looked questioningly at the young man before her.
A deep, inscrutable smile appeared on Jin Guan Kai's face. "No hurry. This game of chess has only just begun."
He slowly placed another piece, abruptly breaking the stalemate and forming an offensive formation.
At the same time.
At the Jun Family Main Building, the captain of the patrolling guards reported in astonishment to Jun Zi Shuo and his trusted guard, Uncle Wen, at his side, "Young Master Shuo, the Estate Protection Array has suffered damage from a sneak attack. Please return to your room, for safety's sake."
"Uncle Wen." Jun Zi Shuo looked toward the middle-aged man waiting by the door.
After some thought, the man glanced at Lu Feng in the room. Considering that the latter had an entire sect backing him, he was unlikely to harbor any schemes. He immediately said, "Azure Mountain Sect Master, please watch over my young master for a while."
Jun Zi Shuo was stunned to see his trusted guard ask an outsider to protect him. "Is the situation really so dire? Where is Uncle Knife?"
Because experts were needed to hold the fort at places such as West Sheep Mountain and the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins, only Bai Ju and Uncle Wen remained at Jun Zi Shuo's side to protect him. The enemy had clearly come prepared, aware of this gap in their defenses.
Uncle Wen raised his head and looked toward the sky above the estate.
Lu Feng followed his gaze and vaguely sensed four powerful auras clashing high in