Sword Venerable Fuyao

Kong Jiao no longer disguised his voice, effectively confirming his identity.

Duan Yufei put away the sachet she had been idly playing with and casually hung it at her waist. Her eyes swept Kong Jiao from head to toe as though she were examining some rare and curious beast.

Kong Jiao's appearance now bore absolutely no resemblance to how he had looked in Emperor-Worship Ancient City.

Had she not possessed a strange treasure, she would not have detected the slightest clue.

She immediately shook her head and clicked her tongue in admiration. "Tsk, tsk, not bad, kid. How did you escape through the realm gate?"

"There were quite a few experts guarding that place."

Duan Yufei's intentions were unclear. Though she had not exposed his identity at once, she was still from the Azure Abyss Realm, while Kong Jiao was a cultivator of the First Cloud Realm. On the surface, they remained enemies.

Naturally, Kong Jiao could not tell her the truth. He vaguely replied, "The realm gate isn't the only way out of the First Cloud Realm. I have my own methods."

"Not just methods—you've got heaven-defying nerve too." Duan Yufei narrowed her eyes into slits, seeming to smile as she looked at Kong Jiao.

"Do you know that if your identity is exposed, the people from the Heavenly Fragrance Sect and Jade Court Sect can rush over at once and seal off this entire You Province so tightly not even water could pass through?"

"Perhaps even Liuren True Person and Crimson Mirage True Person would personally make a move."

From Duan Yufei's tone, it was clear that she knew what Kong Jiao had done in the First Cloud Realm.

Kong Jiao had first slain the Jade Court Sect's Water Dragon King, then killed Crimson Mirage True Person's direct