"We're done for."
As a direct participant who also noticed the change in Gray Civet's expression, Su Xin quickly realized what had happened.
Earlier, when the three of them intercepted Tao Guan, Lin Shu had boarded the Mountain God's Carriage to pursue Yu Qianzhang alone.
That was not a life-and-death struggle between two people, but a game of chess with three parties present.
On one side was an older-generation Immortal Scion of the Yu Family who had left Yong Province long ago to study arts at the Heng River, and on the other was the direct-line daughter of the Ning Family with a mysterious identity and terrifying background.
Under such circumstances—
It turned out that Lin Shu, who had come to Great Shun for the first time, gained the upper hand, suppressed both parties, and took all the benefits!
Such a shocking experience left Su Xin deeply shaken while her heart couldn't help but inwardly cry out.
With such past events preceding this, and with her father being reticent and taciturn, how was she supposed to recruit the Ning Family daughter now?
Yuan Yuan stood silently in place.
He really had already done his utmost.
Yet after seeing clearly that Ning Qingzhi was essentially a young girl who had not yet fully grown, the words he previously felt were extremely shameful now wouldn't even come out as half a syllable.
However, everyone knew that if Lin Shu's plan to resolve the matter of the Celestial Immortal Inspection already seemed whimsical, with a success rate close to zero.
Then the Ning Family daughter was that "close to".
Without her, that prefix could be omitted, leaving practically no hope whatsoever.
If they could not drag the Heavenly Demon Mansion into this muddy water, the moment the Dragon Palace grew even slightly serious,