Members of the Heavenly Demon Sect had infiltrated the villa to assassinate Chen Xuan.
This news swept through the entire Ten Thousand Sword Villa like a storm, and the atmosphere within the villa immediately grew tense.
Every courtyard in the villa was brightly lit. From lowly servants to elders, everyone had to undergo an identity check.
The chief elders of every branch and lineage gathered in the Council Hall, arguing over how the assassins had infiltrated, whether there was an inside accomplice in the villa, and how to root out that accomplice.
Villa Lord Wan Cangsong personally presided over the Council Hall. After hearing Wan Songhe's report, he said only one thing: "No matter who it leads to, investigate it to the bitter end."
Everyone present understood the weight of those words.
No matter who was uncovered—even elders with real authority or chief elders of every branch and peak—so long as they were connected to the Heavenly Demon Sect, they would not be shown the slightest mercy.
But none of this had much to do with Chen Xuan.
After the assassination attempt, Ten Thousand Sword Villa promptly delivered the Heaven-Grade Spirit Items they owed. Then Chen Xuan and Supreme Elder Zhong Yuan left Ten Thousand Sword Villa without wanting to remain for even a moment longer.
Whether Ten Thousand Sword Villa investigated if anyone within had colluded with the Heavenly Demon Sect had nothing to do with them. They had no desire to be drawn into that whirlpool.
In the blink of an eye.
Another thirteen days passed.
Guiyuan Sect's mountain gate slowly emerged beneath the dusk.
Layer upon layer of peaks encircled Guiyuan Peak like stars surrounding the moon. Above the mountainsides, clouds and mist curled and drifted, while spirit cranes swept past the mountaintops with clear,