The Golden Body Divine Appearance looked at the woman before him, who seemed like a madwoman. His expression remained impassive, like a machine programmed in advance, without a trace of emotion.
"Get lost. Before I teach that brat a lesson, I don't mind dealing with a blind fool like you first!"
Leng Ningshuang heard the threat in his words and paid it no mind.
The Golden Body Divine Appearance knew that this woman was used to looking down on everyone, with no one daring to defy her orders. He did not argue. He shifted two steps to the right, leaving her a wide path.
"At least you know your place!"
Seeing how obedient he was, Leng Ningshuang smiled and patted his shoulder with her bloodstained hand. Then she pushed open the door and walked straight in.
But the sight inside took her by surprise.
Apart from neatly arranged furniture, there was not a soul in the little house—not even a ghostly shadow.
"Huh. He really isn't here?"
"What an irritating fool of a woman."
At the same time, in an unnamed lake roughly a hundred miles from the Capital City of the Great Qi Dynasty, a young man sensed the message sent by the Golden Body Divine Appearance. His tightly shut eyes slowly opened, and an almost imperceptible chill flashed through them.
Back in the Southwest Nine Provinces, she had not known his true identity. He could have overlooked her attempt to kill him then.
But now she knew he had been gravely wounded in the Ten Thousand Demon Lair and that he was the power behind the Great Qi Dynasty. Even so, she had arrogantly barged into the house where he had pretended to hide.
Whether she had done it deliberately, acted without thinking, or was simply too