[Pneumonia Progenitor] Imperial Crown (I)

At that moment, Chen Chaoxun sensed a strange fluctuation of spiritual power coming from outside the Hua Family.

His heart stirred!

The Hua Family was Chengyun's foremost clan. Within this old Hua Family estate, who knew how many powerful Plague Exterminators... and Pestilences existed.

And their leader was...

"Hua Qianqiu, Human Dragon!"

That distant, profound spiritual power swept through the air.

"What sort of distinguished guest requires the Hua Family's true commander to personally receive them?"

Chen Chaoxun did not dare dwell on it. He was leaving according to Hua Du's arrangements.

Hua Family estate.

Front hall.

Zhou Zhi sensed Chen Chaoxun's location. To Zhou Zhi, Chen Chaoxun was not important at all—he had merely been somewhat lucky.

If Zhou Zhi had not guessed wrong, Chen Chaoxun had already become a Pestilence symbiote.

Just as expected, the Hua Family was the source of Pestilence symbiosis in Chengyun. In this regard, the Hua Family had not even bothered to conceal it.

And the Chengyun court seemingly refrained from acting because of the Hua Family's immense power.

Zhou Zhi did not know what Fang Tianzhao was thinking, but it had little to do with him.

Because...

Rumble!!

Above them.

Beneath the magnificent building.

Black water churned.

A foul, rotting stench drifted from it, as though fragments of biological corpses were floating along an unnamed black river.

Yet with a slight shake of Zhou Zhi's head, the scene before him vanished like an illusion.

Hua Qian immediately knelt in worship.

"Greetings, Family Head."

The old man Zhou Zhi had seen before emerged as though he had stepped out of the black water.

Hua Qianqiu.

Zhou Zhi smiled at the old man and extended a hand. "It has been a long time, Senior Hua Qianqiu."

As though nothing had happened, Hua Qianqiu extended his