"Xiao Yan?!"
"How could it be him?"
Chu Rong had not slept a wink all night. His eyes were bloodshot, and disbelief lingered on his face.
Something must have happened to Wang Han Cuo and the Black Iron King.
That much could already be determined from their shattered spirit artifacts.
Xiao Yan had also vanished without a trace. No matter how one looked at it, he was the biggest suspect.
Most likely, Xiao Yan had set up an ambush in the Cangfeng Mountain Range beforehand, which was why the Black Iron King and the other man had met with disaster.
But... how could Xiao Yan possibly deal with them?
Two Nirvana Realm experts, and one of them was even at the Nirvana Realm Peak!
Other than a Venerable Realm expert, who could be certain of defeating the two of them?!
The more Chu Rong thought about it, the more muddled his mind became. Utterly anxious, he paced back and forth, thinking hard...
"Sir, perhaps we were played from the very beginning!"
"Let us enter the palace and immediately report this matter to Mother." After a while, Chu Rong still decided to enter the palace at once and report the matter to his mother.
"Alright."
An invisible voice answered him.
Within the Imperial Palace.
Chu Rong stood inside the Empress's chambers, his head lowered, his face heavy with grief and hatred.
After hearing everything, Empress Lan Ji's delicate brows pressed together slightly, but her expression remained relatively calm.
Through the Divine Sect Ton Method, she contacted the Divine Sect.
She learned that Wang Han Cuo's Life Lamp was still burning. This meant that the two of them were probably not dead yet.
"Are you certain that it was that Xiao Yan?" Lan Ji asked solemnly.
"Mother, your son does not