Looking at the utterly calm Sikong Jing, Su Yuexi and Su Zhenglong finally put their minds completely at ease.
After Su Yuexi had shown him around the courtyard and all the rooms, Mei Xiaofang had also laid out platter after platter of food and wine.
The family ate and drank together in warm harmony...
Every one of them had red-rimmed eyes. It had been a very, very long time since they had felt like this.
At the same time, just as Leng Sha had arranged before entering the manor, news of Cold Dragon Patriarch and his disciple being killed, as well as Willow Leaf Holy Manor seizing Dragon Controlling Mountain's Qianyuan Fragment Map, began to spread throughout Willow Leaf City.
The news left countless people shocked by Willow Leaf Holy Manor's monstrous audacity.
Soon afterward, word also spread that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce's Grand Adjudicator Sikong and Su Old Devil's second granddaughter were to be betrothed.
Countless people found it profoundly strange. Combined with the earlier news, it meant that Willow Leaf Holy Manor and the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce were likely joining forces. Even if Dragon Controlling Mountain came seeking vengeance, they would probably return with their feathers clipped.
In everyone's eyes, the reason Willow Leaf Holy Manor dared to act so boldly was surely because the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce was backing them.
"Troubled times indeed. The Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram is still stirring up the situation across the Central Plains."
Some elderly people who had lived through Su Old Devil's assault on Willow Leaf City let out long, mournful sighs.
Decades ago, the Central Plains had descended into chaos because of the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram. Now, the Qianyuan Fragment Map was giving rise to another tide of unrest.
That very night, Willow Leaf Holy