Storms Sweep the City—Find Xiao Yan!

"Yo? What's wrong? Getting shy now?"

"Xiao Xia, I understand how you feel."

"You're taking the initiative to offer flowers to this prince. Then tonight, this prince will give you a chance to warm my bed."

As Chu Yun spoke, he directly pulled Xiao Xia into his arms with one hand, feeling the warmth and softness of her delicate body.

Xiao Xia's entire body went numb, as though she had been struck by lightning.

In an instant, she broke free from Chu Yun's embrace.

"You..."

She had wanted to flare up and make Chu Yun pay.

But for some reason, she still held herself back.

"Your Highness, it's broad daylight. Xiao Xia is a little embarrassed."

"Since Your Highness has said so, Xiao Xia will come over tonight. This servant takes her leave first."

After saying this, Xiao Xia immediately turned and left the courtyard.

Watching her hurriedly departing figure, Chu Yun revealed a sly, triumphant smile.

He slowly raised his hand beneath his nose and gave it a light sniff. "Quite fragrant."

"Your Highness, this person is not simple."

"Her power is very mysterious. If she hadn't come so close, I wouldn't even have particularly noticed it." Venerable Wan Lei spoke softly at this moment.

"Indeed."

"I nearly fell for her trick."

"I just don't know what her true purpose is."

"Wan Lei, tonight..."

Chu Yun began instructing Venerable Wan Lei on the preparations he needed to make that night.

After Xiao Xia left, she returned to her own room.

Inside, the real Xiao Xia could be seen lying unconscious on the bed.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Why did my power have no effect on him?"

Sky Demoness was still brooding over what had happened earlier.

She could not understand how Chu Yun had managed to ignore her soul-capturing power.

Even figures at the Nascent Soul Realm could not withstand it, much less someone at the early Golden Core Realm.

"Forget it."

"I won't dwell on it. Tonight, I'll probe him thoroughly."

"I want to see just what kind of strangeness lies within that little fellow's body!"

Sky Demoness's gaze became sharp and illusory. The entire room seemed to be shrouded in an ethereal force; anyone who came within five steps of her would sink into it.

Eastern Palace.

Crown Prince Chu Rong, Third Prince Chu Yuan, several of the Crown Prince's retainers, and Tang Xiang, the Third Prince's formation master from the Misty Rain Pavilion auction, were all seated within the hall.

"Luo Feng really does stay by his side at every moment."

"With that, we simply can't find any opportunity to make a move." Chu Yuan's expression darkened slightly.

"There's no need to rush."

"He's only just returned. Whether it's Father Emperor, Consort Shi, or Asura Venerable, they all place great importance on him."

"Killing him at this juncture would be far too troublesome."

"Wait a while. Even if Luo Feng protects him, I still have a way to make him die!" Crown Prince Chu Rong's face revealed a hint of fierce brutality.

In truth, even now, he could not understand how Chu Yun had survived.

Back then, their people had thrown the infant Chu Yun into a bottomless abyss.

A baby only a few days old, thrown into an abyss without any power to protect himself—his chances of survival had been virtually zero.

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They could not figure out how Chu Yun had survived.

As for the possibility that someone was impersonating him, they had completely ruled it out.

If their father emperor could mistake even his own biological son, then that truly would be a ghostly sight.

"Big Brother, how do you plan to test him at the banquet three days from now?" Chu Yuan asked.

"Have others make a move and probe his cultivation and talent."

"As for the rest... Heh, a man who had only returned to the Imperial City a few days ago thinks he can shake my foundations?"

"He is merely a fool dreaming in broad daylight." Chu Rong smiled disdainfully.

He had occupied the position of Crown Prince for so many years, raised so many people within the Imperial City, and poured so much effort into it before achieving what he had today.

If he worried that some greenhorn brat could come and shake his position, would he not become a laughingstock?

The only thing that made him take Chu Yun somewhat seriously was the Shi Family behind him.

Otherwise, with Chu Yun alone, as the Crown Prince of the imperial dynasty, he could toy him to death with a flick of his finger!

Chu Yuan smiled as well. "That brat was lucky to survive. He should never have returned."

"Now that he has returned, he will have to die once more. How foolish and pathetic."

The Crown Prince then turned his gaze toward one of his retainers. "Mr. Bai, how is it? Have you found the whereabouts of the one called Xiao Yan?"

Beside the Crown Prince, an elderly man with white hair and beard answered solemnly, "Your Highness, I have already sent many people to search everywhere for Xiao Yan's whereabouts."

"But strangely enough, after last night's incident at Misty Rain Pavilion, Xiao Yan vanished without a trace. Many parties are currently searching for him, yet no one has found him so far."

Chu Rong frowned. "Increase the effort!"

"Find him at all costs!"

"This man is an extraordinarily gifted, peerless monster. If I can use him, he will surely become a great aid in helping me secure the throne in the future."

"We absolutely cannot let people from other factions beat us to him!"

Ever since hearing about Xiao Yan, the Crown Prince had been deeply interested in him. He even intended to bring the man under his command at all costs.

If he could obtain Xiao Yan, then once the latter grew stronger in the future, he might even reach the Heavenly Aspect Realm.

"Yes. Rest assured, Your Highness. I will send out all the remaining men to search for him shortly," Mr. Bai said.

"Big Brother, aren't people outside saying that the cultivation technique this Xiao Yan practices is very similar to the Blood God Sect's blood arts, and that he is very likely one of the Blood God Sect?" Chu Yuan could not help asking.

"If he is from the Blood God Sect, wouldn't all this effort be in vain?"

Chu Rong answered firmly and decisively, "No. We can completely rule out the possibility that he is from the Blood God Sect."

"Mother has asked the Blood God Sect. Although Xiao Yan cultivates blood power as well, it is fundamentally different from the Blood God Sect's true blood arts."

"Moreover, the Blood God Sect's Sect Master personally sent word to Mother that this Xiao Yan is not one of their people."

Chu Yuan's eyes lit up. "If that is the case, then it truly is a good thing."

"The less background Xiao Yan has, the easier it will be for us to win him over!"

The Crown Prince said, "Exactly. That is why this matter cannot be delayed. The sooner, the better!"

The Eastern Palace had dispatched nearly the majority of its forces. They even had people watching all four city gates. The moment anyone resembling Xiao Yan appeared, they were to report it immediately!

Although Chu Yun had worn a mask at Misty Rain Pavilion, and no one knew his true appearance, his silhouette, height, and hairstyle had already been recorded with a Shadow Recording Stone.

So long as someone matched those traits, not only the Eastern Palace, but people from every major faction would approach them one by one.

Across the entire Imperial City, the Eastern Palace, the General's Residence, several princely residences, and the powerhouses stationed in the city by the various factions were all searching for Xiao Yan. Even the rarely active Prime Minister's Residence had sent people to scour the city.

The reason the Prime Minister's Residence was searching for Xiao Yan as well was because Meng Ruoxue had personally given the order.

She seriously suspected that this so-called Xiao Yan was very likely an incarnation of the Sky Demoness.

The Sky Demoness's greatest specialty was transforming herself into countless forms. Even changing from a woman into a man was nothing unusual for her.

Because of Xiao Yan, large numbers of Golden Core Realm and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were now rushing about the streets of the Imperial City, stirring the whole city into a storm of unrest.

And Chu Yun, the main culprit behind all this, was still in his room with Venerable Wan Lei, plotting their action plan against the Sky Demoness for that night...