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The Hun Clan, Imperial Study Hall

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan stood before Hun Tiandi and said, "Clan Leader, most of the direct disciples who didn't meet the standard this year have already taken up their posts in their respective territories."

"Mm!"

Hun Tiandi nodded lightly.

Next, the Great Elder of the Hun Clan took out an ancient scroll, presented it to Hun Tiandi, and continued, "All direct disciples who entered the Library Pavilion have had their acquired treasures fully registered here."

Upon hearing this, Hun Tiandi asked, "What did Hun Feng obtain inside?"

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan replied, "Young Master Hun Feng obtained a Heaven-tier advanced Cultivation Method, the Soaring Storm Art, in the Gale Pavilion!"

Hun Tiandi praised, "He certainly knows how to choose. A Heaven-tier Cultivation Method is enough to last a lifetime. What did Hun Yutong and Hun Jianhao obtain?"

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan replied, "Hun Yutong obtained an ice-attribute Heaven-tier Cultivation Method in the Mystic Ice Pavilion, named the Heaven Sealing Underworld Scripture. Hun Jianhao did not obtain a Cultivation Method; instead, he chose a treasure sword of Heaven-tier advanced grade—the Azure Edge Sword!"

"The Azure Edge Sword! That child has always had a special fondness for swords since he was young. Obtaining a treasure sword is not beyond my expectations."

Hun Tiandi said this calmly, as if chatting with a neighbor. It was hard to imagine how such a refined and approachable person could become so ruthless and cruel a decade later!

Seeing that the Great Elder of the Hun Clan had no intention of leaving, Hun Tiandi asked, "What, do you have something else?"

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan sighed softly, imperceptibly. He felt immense sympathy for Hun Han in his heart. Hun Tiandi had asked about Young Master Hun Feng and two outsiders, yet he hadn't mentioned Hun Han at all.

Was Hun Han not Hun Tiandi's own son?

Hun Feng, Hun Yutong, and Hun Jianhao possessed Divine Grade Bloodlines; did Hun Han not have the Hun Clan's Divine Grade Bloodline?

Why was Hun Tiandi so biased!

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan said, "Besides that, Young Master Hun Han obtained a rusty iron sword in the Body Refining Pavilion!"

Hun Tiandi finally asked curiously, "A rusty iron sword?"

What kind of place was the Library Pavilion? It was where the Hun Clan stored the rare treasures they had acquired over countless years. How could there be a rusty iron sword in such a place?

In a place where treasures were everywhere, anyone with a bit of sense wouldn't choose a rusty iron sword.

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan continued, "Yes. Our Library Pavilion contains some treasures passed down from ancient times. Due to the long passage of time, these treasures have lost their original luster. Since they originated from ancient times, they were stored in a secluded room in the Body Refining Pavilion. For some reason, Young Master Hun Han entered there and ended up choosing that iron sword!"

"Oh, so that's how it is. I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it!"

Hun Tiandi understood, still saying nothing about Hun Han. Seeing that the Great Elder still had no intention of leaving, he asked again, "Is there anything else?"

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan then said, "Clan Leader, a few days ago, a battle occurred at the Soul Pacifying Lake. Five mysterious individuals fought against a Half-Saint. Furthermore, at the entrance of the Soul Pacifying Valley, a Hun Clan disciple engaged in a fight with someone. To this day, there has been no news of Young Master Hun Han taking up his post in the Human Hall of the Corpse Burial Mountain Range!"

"Oh!"

Hun Tiandi responded coldly to this. However, the hand he had not placed on the table clenched slightly. He asked, "Have the identities of the combatants been ascertained?"

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan gazed at Hun Tiandi and replied, "Upon investigation, those five mysterious individuals were servants brought by Ninth Madam from her maternal family. At that time, they were fighting Butterfly Soul Saint Qin Lan."

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan, holding a high position, knew many things about the continent. If his memory served him correctly, Butterfly Soul Saint was once the personal maid of Hun Han's mother. Ever since Hun Han's mother passed away, Butterfly Soul Saint had not appeared in public.

Anyone with a normal mind could connect the dots. At that time, Hun Han must have been attacked by someone, which led Butterfly Soul Saint to intervene. Now, with Hun Han not having reported to the Human Hall in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, it was likely that he was in grave danger!

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan stared at Hun Tiandi, yet even so, the intelligent Hun Tiandi remained indifferent. Helplessly, the Great Elder continued, "As for the Hun Clan disciple who fought at the Soul Pacifying Valley, his name is Hun Lie. As for who he fought, he only claimed to have been ambushed by a Demonic Beast, and thus had no choice but to kill it. Since no traces were left at the scene, this matter could only be left unresolved."

Hun Lie was no ordinary person; he was a disciple sent by the Hun Clan to the northwestern region, possessing a cultivation base at the peak of a Nine-Star Great Dou Master. If the other party was someone from Ninth Madam's side, then what was killed was likely not a Demonic Beast, but Young Master Hun Han. With Hun Lie's combat power, he could have easily reduced Hun Han, who was merely at the Dou Disciple stage, to ashes.

"Oh, is the report finished?" Hun Tiandi responded indifferently.

"Mm." The Great Elder of the Hun Clan nodded.

"If that's the case, then you may go and rest!" Hun Tiandi instructed.

Just as the Great Elder of the Hun Clan was about to step out of the Imperial Study Hall, Hun Tiandi's voice rang out again, "Oh, right. I recall Pan'er exposed six spies from the Ancient Clan who had infiltrated our Hun Clan a few days ago, and he killed three of them single-handedly. Prepare yourself; at tomorrow's court session, I will announce the appointment of Pan'er as the Young Clan Leader of the Hun Clan!"

"Uh!"

The Great Elder of the Hun Clan stared blankly at Hun Tiandi.

The Pan'er mentioned by Hun Tiandi was the child born to Hun Tiandi's Ninth Madam. Young Master Hun Han was likely a victim of Ninth Madam's scheme, yet Hun Tiandi was not thoroughly investigating the matter. Instead, he was appointing the child born to Ninth Madam as the Young Clan Leader of the Hun Clan.

Did Hun Tiandi dislike Young Master Hun Han that much?

Almost at the same moment, in a magnificent room

"Mother, you say, that brute Hun Pan, what qualifications does he have to become our Hun Clan's Young Clan Leader?" Hun Feng stood by the bedside, speaking indignantly. He looked at the middle-aged beautiful woman sitting on the edge of the bed with a resentful gaze.

"Feng'er, don't fixate on the position of Young Clan Leader. Your father is still young and strong; he has no intention of abdicating yet. Becoming the Young Clan Leader too early is not necessarily a good thing!" the middle-aged woman said calmly.

"But you promised me that the Young Clan Leader of the Hun Clan would only be mine!" Hun Feng complained.

"You are mistaken. Mother's meaning was not referring to the Young Clan Leader. Hun Feng, you must remember, the Clan Leader is your goal!" the middle-aged woman reprimanded, her beautiful eyes fixed on him.

"Yes, Mother!" Hun Feng seemed to be afraid of his mother. Seeing her so stern, he immediately relented and nodded.

"How is it? Have you completed the task I assigned you?" the middle-aged woman asked.

"Mm. Mother, I have good news for you: Ninth Madam has succeeded. Hun Han has already been killed by Hun Lie!" Hun Feng said with a smile.

"Is that so? That biaozi's bastard is finally dead! It's a pity they died so easily, just like that biaozi. They were lucky to have died so easily, both mother and son," the middle-aged woman smiled, her beauty blooming like a flower.

"However, Mother, I have bad news for you. According to our confidant in Soul Pacifying Town, there were traces of the Teleportation Star Disk being used at the scene of the battle," Hun Feng added.

"What?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman sprang up from the bed and asked, "Are you sure?"

Hun Feng nodded and replied, "At least, that's what the confidant said. When he rushed to the scene, there were traces of the Teleportation Star Disk being used!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman trembled with rage, her body shaking. She said fiercely, "Damn it, he actually gave the Teleportation Star Disk to that bastard. He, he actually deceived me, deceived everyone! And now, he still can't forget that biaozi!"