Cloud King's Mansion, main hall.
This was already the third time Chen Yan had sat here.
Dish after dish was placed on the table before him, in the exact same order as in the previous two reincarnations.
The massacre of Cloud King's Mansion was undoubtedly a sensational event for Qingque Kingdom.
Elder Lan Wei was a Fifth Realm cultivator. If he acted personally, destroying Cloud King's Mansion would be as easy as slaughtering chickens and dogs.
But he could not do that.
Qingque Kingdom was dependent on the Empty Mountain Sect, allowing the sect to establish overseas Consulate Offices in cities and counties throughout its territory, and giving Empty Mountain Sect cultivators priority in almost all matters.
In return, the Empty Mountain Sect had to provide Qingque Kingdom with a certain degree of support and protection.
If Cloud King's Mansion was slaughtered by cultivators, with four Empty Mountain Sect cultivators even among the dead, then the Empty Mountain Sect would have to investigate the matter to the bottom of it and would never let it rest otherwise.
Because it would be a trampling of the Empty Mountain Sect's prestige.
But if it was poisoning, the people from Elder Fu Qian's branch would have much more room to maneuver.
Presumably, after Lan Wei killed him in the previous reincarnation, he would definitely destroy the evidence of Chen Yan's body, then make it look as though Chen Yan had poisoned the people of Cloud King's Mansion before fleeing in fear of punishment.
And while he was at it, he would dump the dirty water on Chen Yan's unlucky master.
Whenever there was a black pot to carry, find Lin Qifeng.
Chen Yan grumbled inwardly.
Of course, all of that was merely Chen Yan's speculation. What had happened in past reincarnations no longer