Cloud Heaven Mountain

Nie Lanzhi was no longer the naïve young girl she had once been. She knew how to hide and restrain her feelings. Softly, she said, "Actually, I'm still very foolish. No matter what I do, I can't cultivate Nine Palaces Calculation and Nine Palaces Divination to a higher realm. If my cultivation had been higher, then at the very moment you entered the Bright Holy Land, I might have foreseen your arrival. I wouldn't have waited until you were standing right in front of me to discover you."

Ning Xiaochuan smiled. "You're already very impressive! Nine Palaces Calculation and Nine Palaces Divination are vast and profound by nature, complex and obscure, filled with countless variables. In only a few short years, you've cultivated them to your current realm. Your future achievements will surely be immeasurable."

He added, "Perhaps one day, I'll need your help in calculating certain matters!"

"Really?"

Nie Lanzhi's eyes widened like two beautiful stars.

That surge of delight simply could not be concealed.

"Of course!" Ning Xiaochuan nodded.

Not far away, Yue Mingsong was so shocked that his jaw nearly hit the ground. Damn, it really was Ning Xiaochuan!

He slapped Ning Xiaochuan on the shoulder. "Ning Xiaochuan, you're not being much of a brother! You've already come to the Bright Holy Land, yet you were still deceiving me. Don't you even trust your brother? What exactly did you come to the Bright Holy Land for, and how did you become like this?"

Ning Xiaochuan fell silent for a moment. A trace of coldness flashed through his eyes as he said, "I came to kill someone!"

"Kill someone? Kill who?" Yue Mingsong asked.

"His Highness the Crown Prince?" Nie Lanzhi asked.

Ning Xiaochuan stared at Nie Lanzhi. "You seem to know everything now. Then can you tell