Henghui became a walking corpse

In the original storyline, Henghui, who had transformed into a walking corpse, gained martial arts strength of around the Fourth Grade thanks to Shenshu arm.

In this way, they truly succeeded in avenging themselves. Henghui, with his right arm, wiped out Count Pingyuan's entire family, killed Zhang Yi, and severely injured Zhang Shen.

After Henghui regained her senses, she destroyed the demonic hand and committed suicide, while Shenshu's right arm was severed.

After that, the Supervisor handed Shenshu arm to Xu Qian, making it the biggest cheat code in his early development.

The appearance of Richard and others attracted the attention of various forces in the Great Feng, prompting the Demon Race to accelerate its plans.

So Henghui, who was supposed to come back to life after a while, has now come back to life.

Richard and the others simply watched its movements in silence. Henghui was already dead, and what it was now was just a special kind of zombie that barely retained its memories of its previous life.

"What's so interesting about this little guy?" Xia Mi asked, puzzled.

Lin Feng recounted to everyone the story of Henghui's elopement with Commandery Princess Pingyang.

"Oh, a frivolous monk," Xia Mi remarked after hearing the story.

"That Commandery Princess Pingyang is quite foolish; she probably read too many romance novels. All that talk about talented scholars and beautiful women, and elopements," she then remarked.

"So Commandery Princess Pingyang is dead. Commandery Princess Pingyang disappeared a year ago, which caused quite a stir."

The Imperial Guards, Nightwatchers, and the entire Directorate of Astronomy were mobilized, searching the Inner City. Even the Directorate of Astronomy couldn't find the person using their Qi-Reading Technique.

"So it was because this monk stole the magical artifact from Azure Dragon Temple that concealed one's aura," Mu Nanzhi remarked with considerable emotion.

Compared to Commandery Princess Pingyang, she was more rational. There was no way around it; her family had recognized her potential in appearance from a young age and carefully nurtured her until she was sent into Emperor Yuanjing's Inner Palace at the age of thirteen.

Did she not want to run? She just knew she had no way to escape.

She watched those stories of talented men and beautiful women eloping, and chivalrous heroes, but she never dared to hope that someone could take her away.

Knowing it's unrealistic, who could take her away from Emperor Yuanjing's Inner Palace?

Who would dare to steal a woman from the ruler of a nation?

"Did you already know?" she asked, looking at the composed Luo Yuheng.

"Not long ago, I only found out recently," Luo Yuheng replied.

She had only recently found out; Lin Feng had just sent her the plot of their world not long ago.

However, even if she knew, she might not care about such trivial matters.

The experiences of Henghui and Commandery Princess Pingyang were nothing more than a power struggle between the Count Pingyuan and Prince Yu in the imperial court.

She never gets involved in the factional struggles at court, so she might not actually care about this matter.

Ultimately, wasn't it Prince Yu who raised Commandery Princess Pingyang to be too naive? She even went to her father's political enemy for help – it's utterly absurd.

Even if Commandery Princess Pingyang hadn't died, she would have inevitably caused trouble for her father sooner or later.

The others remained silent, watching as Henghui, transformed into a walking corpse, walked away.

They knew this guy was off seeking revenge.

On the other side, Sangpo Lake. At this time, martial law had been imposed, and the entire area around the lake was sealed off.

On the small island in the center of the lake, there were many people busy at work, and two or three Nightwatchers, including Golden Gong, had come.

The Mountains and Rivers Temple, which was worshipped by the royal family on the island, was destroyed.

"Actually, if you want to know more, you can ask the National Preceptor National Preceptor. He was at Sangpo Lake when Mountains and Rivers Temple was bombed."

Amidst the disputes between officials from the Court of Judicial Review and the Ministry of Justice, Jiang Lüzhong, who was involved in the case as the Golden Gong Nightwatchers, made a suggestion.

Upon hearing this, the room fell silent. Didn't they know the National Preceptor had leads?

Everyone knows that the National Preceptor and a group of mysterious people Sangpo Lake, and not long after, the mountains and rivers in Sangpo Lake...

The temple was blown up.

The National Preceptor and his entourage made no attempt to conceal their whereabouts; it's safe to say that any major power in the Capital City knows where the National Preceptor is.

But they dared not ask. The National Preceptor was Second Grade expert; apart from the Supervisor, who in the entire Great Feng National Preceptor could do anything to him?

What if the National Preceptor directly admits that she blew up the Mountains and Rivers Temple? Could they then simply take National Preceptor down?

So let whoever wants to handle this hot potato do it.

"Since Jiang Golden Gong has said so, he must already have a plan in mind. Why don't we entrust the Golden Gong of the National Preceptor to Jiang Golden Gong?" suggested an official from the Ministry of Justice.

"Vice Minister Li is right, let Jiang Golden Gong take charge of the National Preceptor's affairs," another official agreed.

"Indeed, indeed. Jiang Golden Gong is capable and should be given more responsibility. We'll leave the matter of the National Preceptor to Jiang Golden Gong." The Court of Judicial Review official echoed.

Better to die than to die myself; anyway, this guy brought it up first, so we can't blame them.

"Hmph, you lot, fine, I'll go then." Jiang Lüzhong snorted disdainfully.

These guys are all cowards. So what if she's the National Preceptor? She was just asking a normal question; she's not going to eat them up.

He knew perfectly well that the National Preceptor was inextricably linked to the fate of the Great Feng Dynasty, and his destiny was closely tied to that of the nation. If something happened to the Great Feng, the National Preceptor would also be implicated.

The fate of the National Preceptor would never do anything detrimental to the Great Feng.

With that, what else is there for him to fear?

"Jiang Golden Gong, don't be so impulsive," another Golden Gong, Wu Lei, pulled him aside and advised him.

As fellow night Nightwatchers, he and Jiang Lüzhong had no conflicts, so he naturally sided with his colleague.

He had originally intended to speak up for Jiang Lüzhong and suggest that the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review find someone else to deal with, but he hadn't expected Jiang Lüzhong to agree so quickly.

That's it, there's no arguing anymore, Jiang Lüzhong has no choice but to go.

Why take on such a thankless and arduous task?

Jiang Lüzhong wasn't unaware of these things; he simply disdained wasting time with these indecisive fellows.

He patted Wu Lei on the shoulder to express his gratitude, and then left with his Nightwatchers.

He was going to find the National Preceptor to ask about the situation.

As for the Mountains and Rivers Temple, let these guys investigate it slowly.

Meanwhile, in the palace, Princess Huaiqing returned the Nation-Guarding Divine Sword to Emperor Yuanjing.

The Mountains and Rivers Temple has been destroyed; the Nation-Guarding Divine Sword should remain in the palace for now.

"You mean someone has taken the Nation-Guarding Divine Sword? And the sword hasn't resisted yet?" Emperor Yuanjing asked.

Princess Huaiqing had just reported to him about Richard taking the Nation-Guarding Divine Sword.

Huaiqing had no idea how Richard obtained the Nation-Guarding Divine Sword. When she arrived, the sword was already in Richard's hands, and she had no idea how it ended up in his possession.

At that time, Richard and his group were just on the Sangpo Lake, and did not go to the island in the lake at all.

Surely the Nation-Guarding Divine Sword couldn't have just run off with him on its own, could it?

However, considering they disappeared in an instant when they left, perhaps they went to the Mountains and Rivers Temple, but they were too fast for her to notice?

But that still doesn't explain why the divine sword didn't resist. This is the Nation-Guarding Divine Sword, containing a strong aura of the Great Feng Dynasty. Even a high-ranking martial artist wouldn't be able to use it without its approval.

"Could he be a member of my royal family?" Emperor Yuanjing wondered.

The Great Feng Dynasty has been passed down to this day, and there are quite a few collateral branches of the royal family.

Perhaps this person is a child of the royal family who was lost to the outside world?

He could only make this guess; what was the point of them destroying the Mountains and Rivers Temple then?

What's being suppressed below is Clone of an unparalleled and ruthless man.

What exactly was the purpose of the National Preceptor's actions?

What Huaiqing didn't tell Emperor Yuanjing was that there were quite a few Demon Race among Richard's group. Although she didn't have the intention to compete for the throne at this time, she was certainly eager to gain more power.

As for Richard and his group's identities, she felt it was best to keep them a secret; who knew they might bring her unexpected gains someday?