After explaining the situation within her palace, Long Qingyue looked at Lin Ming and Zi Yan and continued, "The Snake God Hall is hunting me for two reasons. First, they suspect my father found the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool in the Dragon-Phoenix Haven back then, and they want to pry its exact location out of me. Second..."
A bitter smile tugged at Long Qingyue's lips as she continued, "They want to use me to threaten my father. Although he is gravely wounded, he is still an earth sovereign. The Snake God Hall would have to pay a considerable price to swallow up our Dragon Battle Palace completely. If they could use me as leverage and force us to submit without a fight, that would be their ideal outcome."
Zi Yan's delicate brows drew together. "Since you all know what the Snake God Hall is planning, didn't the Dragon Battle Palace send anyone to protect you on this trip to the Dragon-Phoenix Haven? They let a Fourth Grade Sovereign like you venture here alone?"
A bitter smile appeared on Long Qingyue's face. She shook her head. "Although the Dragon Battle Palace's strength has declined greatly, we haven't fallen so far that they would send me into danger alone, without anyone to protect me."
"When I set out, two Fifth Grade Sovereign retainers accompanied me and protected me along the way."
"Not only that, but as an extra precaution, I had a specially made double identical to me in both appearance and aura. Unless an earth sovereign came in person, no one could discover that it was a fake. The original plan was for those two Fifth Grade retainers to take my double along another route, drawing the Snake God Hall's attention with a conspicuous display, while I slipped unnoticed into the