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The air suddenly fell silent...

Ning Fengzhi looked at Dongfang Yu in disbelief. This...

Even someone as aloof as Chen Xin could not help but look at him in astonishment.

Was this brat not afraid that loose lips would keep him from leaving the palace alive?

The man's emperor father was not even dead yet!

Before Ning Fengzhi could recover and rebuke him, Xue Qinghe beat him to it.

Exactly! No matter how close they were, he could not curse someone's father to death!

This time, they were definitely going to fall out.

Yet the scene Ning Fengzhi had imagined did not occur. Xue Qinghe merely clasped Dongfang Yu's hands with both of his own and said with a moved expression,

"Alas! Why must Brother Dongfang comfort me like this?"

Dongfang Yu forced a sorrowful expression onto his face, his voice trembling as he said, "Stay strong, Brother Xue."

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin exchanged a glance, and both saw the shock in the other's eyes.

If they still could not see that something was amiss, they might as well draw their swords and slit their own throats.

In cahoots!

That term immediately surfaced in both their minds.

It was the only explanation. Otherwise, there was no reason Dongfang Yu would dare speak so recklessly and outrageously.

What Ning Fengzhi had never expected was that Spirit Hall's reach had already extended this far!

They had actually managed to win over the crown prince of an entire nation!

And this crown prince was his own disciple. They had spent so much time together, yet he had noticed nothing at all.

That was the most terrifying part. This crown prince was exceedingly ambitious.

But after enduring in silence for so many years, why had he chosen to reveal himself before Ning Fengzhi