The Coward King abruptly widened his eyes, expanding them from one slit to the thickness of two. He actually stopped chewing, swallowed a huge mouthful, drew a deep breath, and said through suppressed anger, "Have Song Yanxue come here. Now, immediately!"
"Yes!"
Once the Night Guard left, the Coward King's chest rose and fell slightly. He glanced at the food covering half the table and sighed softly.
His appetite was completely gone.
But he could not waste food.
He reached out with his large hand and slowly resumed eating, thinking as he ate.
Before long, another Night Guard ran in and said, "Reporting to you, Daren. Li... Deputy Commander Li Qingxian has finished dining with the Nanxiang Marquis and the others and returned to Chunfeng Residence."
"Mm." The Coward King paid it little mind.
The Night Guard said, "But everyone at the Great Beast Bridge is talking about him. His other identity, of course-the Jade Cup Youth. We reported that to you long ago."
"What happened at the Great Beast Bridge?" the Coward King asked as he chewed a skewer of skinned chicken thigh meat.
"There was a Momentum Configuration Assembly at the Great Beast Bridge... Duan Tianji was certain to take first place... Liu Laohu brought out the Eighty-Eight-Tower Mountains and Rivers momentum configuration made by Marquis Li... In the end, he won a sweeping victory... He received prizes, the most important of which was the Heaven's Mandate Sect's Dragon-Carving Scripture."
The Coward King looked thoughtful. "I've heard of the Dragon-Carving Scripture. It is an extremely powerful legacy of the Heaven's Mandate Sect, said to be every bit the equal of the great legacies of ordinary sects. Back then, the Heaven's Mandate Sect used the Fate Arts of the Dragon-Carving Scripture to help the founding emperor. For Li Qingxian