Di Tong spoke with a teasing air, his gaze sweeping over the trembling guards and the uneasy Cha Po and Cha Ge. With a single step, he headed straight for the main hall of the Crimson Blood Cave Mansion. He paid no heed to the rule that "the main hall is reserved for the cave master," crossed the front hall, and strode to the Black Iron Throne at the center of the hall, a symbol of the Crimson Blood Cave Mansion's supreme authority. It was where Cha Hong usually sat to handle the mansion's affairs.
Di Tong sat down in a commanding pose, leaned back, and rested his hands on the armrests. The pressure of his mid-stage Void-Piercing Realm cultivation spread without restraint, instantly blanketing the entire hall. He looked up at Cha Po and Cha Ge, who had followed him in, then glanced at Yun Ce, who had arrived a moment later. His tone was cold and carried a trace of arrogance. "Oh? That fellow Cha Hong is in seclusion?"
Cha Po and Cha Ge hurriedly bowed, not daring to breathe too loudly. Cha Ge answered cautiously, "To reply to Lord Di Tong, my elder brother has often gone into seclusion over the past hundred years to focus on cultivation. He has never interrupted it lightly."
But instead of restraining himself, Di Tong's eyes flashed with understanding, and the corner of his mouth curled into a meaningful smile. He had already formed a suspicion: Could Cha Hong really have obtained the Jade Slip and Jade Box from the Nine Swords Immortal Mansion? Was he now deep inside the mansion, breaking the restriction left behind by that immortal? No wonder he had spent years in seclusion and ignored the mansion's affairs. He had been after an opportunity like this!
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