If Heaven Had Not Given Birth to Little Annie, the Inhumans Would Have Languished in Darkness for Eternity

Perhaps it had been a blessing in disguise. Although Zhang Chulan had been tricked by two old geezers from the Ten Elders Council and then interrogated about the "Origin of Qi and Body" using a soul-searching ability, he had been quick-witted enough to handle the situation. Not only had the two old men come away empty-handed, they'd also had to put their plans to get their hands on the "Origin of Qi and Body" from him on hold.

After all, he'd told those old geezers to their faces that he had no idea what the "Origin of Qi and Body" was, and that his grandfather, Zhang Xilin, had never taught him any cultivation techniques related to it. And since he'd given that answer while under the Lü family's strange soul ability, he'd at least managed to temporarily clear himself of some suspicion and avoid further trouble.

Of course, that might only be temporary.

Those old fossils with power and influence were all cunning in their own ways. Since they were after the "Origin of Qi and Body," they wouldn't give up just because of a few words from Zhang Chulan. They'd only stopped for the time being out of respect for the Celestial Master's Mansion on Mount Longhu.

They would probably try something else or cause trouble from another angle, but exactly what they had in mind remained to be seen.

In any case, after Xu San, Xu Si, Annie, and the others found Zhang Chulan and took him away from those two old geezers, the old Celestial Masters of the Celestial Master's Mansion summoned him again. Apparently, the Celestial Master and another group of old geezers, led by someone named Lu Jin, wanted to see him?

Annie had no idea what those people wanted with Zhang Chulan or what