At the critical moment, Ice Spirit Fairy appeared.
The moment Xu Cangjin saw Ice Spirit Fairy, one of the Three Elders of the Royal City, reveal herself, the heart lodged in his throat finally eased a little.
He forcibly suppressed the frantic pounding in his chest, yet did not dare show the slightest relaxation on his face, merely retreating silently to one side.
He knew that Ice Spirit Fairy was the Pill Pavilion's patron.
And though the Tiele Alliance appeared to be an independent force on the surface, it had in truth always served the Pill Pavilion in secret.
It could be said—
The Tiele Alliance was the sharpest blade in the Pill Pavilion's hand, handling many matters for the Pill Pavilion over the years that were inconvenient for it to address personally.
Now that this blade had run into trouble, Ice Spirit Fairy, as the one wielding it, naturally could not stand idly by.
The moment she appeared, it meant that his, Xu Cangjin's, insignificant life might yet be saved.
Thinking this, Xu Cangjin felt somewhat reassured.
"Elder Chu, why must you be angry?"
Ice Spirit Fairy looked at Chu Qiushui from afar, a faint, barely perceptible smile on her face.
That smile was so slight that almost no emotion could be discerned from it, yet it vaguely carried a deeper meaning.
She did not approach, merely hovering in the distance as she faced Chu Qiushui from afar.
Several hundred zhang separated them, yet the invisible clash of their auras made the Tiele Alliance members below feel a suffocating pressure.
Seeing that Ice Spirit Fairy intended to protect the Tiele Alliance, Chu Qiushui gave a cold laugh.
That smile was like a winter gale, sending chills down one's spine.
"Ning Jin, a Vermilion Bird Guard, was assassinated by people