"Heh heh heh~ Little Cheng, in the end, you still had to rely on this ancestor of yours~" A bizarre laugh echoed through the grand hall. The once magnificent imperial palace instantly turned ghostly and sinister, making everyone's hearts skip a beat.
A gray shadow flashed inside. Before many guards could react, they collapsed limply to the floor. Those nearby looked over in horror and saw a red dot on each of their foreheads. In that instant, their brains had clearly been pierced by the intruder's internal energy.
"Human or ghost?" Xue Ji and the others exchanged horrified looks.
Only Wang Ziteng remained relatively calm. After all, he had seen him on Wudang Mountain before. "Sunflower Ancestor!"
"Not bad, junior. You still recognize this ancestor." An elderly eunuch appeared atop the incense burner before the dragon throne. He seemed utterly weightless, and the temperature throughout the hall dropped several degrees the moment he appeared.
"Sunflower Ancestor, must you make things so ghostly every time you appear? It makes everyone uncomfortable just looking at you." With a soft snort, another woman in white slowly emerged from the inner chamber behind the dragon throne. Though certain details revealed that she was no longer young, she still possessed an elegant and striking bearing.
"Lin Chaoying, if this ancestor had not become a eunuch from childhood, then upon seeing a woman as stunning and gifted as you, I would have made you my wife no matter what." Sunflower Ancestor chuckled.
The woman in white turned cold. "Are you forcing me to fight you?"
"I was only joking. Why get so angry?" Sunflower Ancestor chuckled and immediately changed the subject. "Will you handle these people, or shall I?"
Lin Chaoying ignored him and instead looked toward Prince of Northern Tranquility. "We had an agreement. We