Shen Muqing finished a battle and withdrew her Martial Soul. Her face was expressionless, but her eyes were red.
She had never known she could be this strong.
Back at Shrek, everyone had told her sister that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent was trash, unfit for the stage and destined never to amount to anything.
But no one said that here.
Jing Hongchen had personally devised a cultivation plan for her, and Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection helped her precisely control the range of her poisonous mist, step by step.
Xu Yanli, meanwhile, had helped her control how far the poison spread.
She wasn't useless. She never had been.
Xu Yanli withdrew his gaze and turned away from the viewing platform.
The team was more or less taken care of. For now, the most important matter was still the Angel Clan's relocation.
A month later, a new mansion rose from the ground on a vacant lot east of Prince Xiaoyao Mansion.
The main hall was spacious and imposing. Dozens of separate courtyards were scattered across the back garden, each planted with flowers and greenery. The whole place was peaceful and quiet.
Deep in the mansion stood a small ancestral shrine. Inside, an image of the First Generation Angel God was enshrined in stone.
He stood at the entrance to the shrine, gazing at the statue in silence for a long while.
"Your Highness." Luo Xu walked over. "Everything's arranged for the relocation. We'll go to Angel Village to bring them here first thing tomorrow morning."
"What about the guards?" Xu Yanli asked without turning his head.
"Three hundred elite soldiers from the Left Battalion of the Imperial Guard, led by General Xiao himself."
"That'll do." Xu Yanli turned and headed out. "Tomorrow morning, I'm going to the Crown Prince's Mansion."
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