A Pleasant Sight

"To eliminate him preemptively..."

Qian Renxue's fingertips turned slightly cold as she looked at those words.

She had long known about Lin Wan's breakthrough.

A Soul King at fifteen—an achievement even she had failed to reach at that age.

An indescribably complicated emotion welled up within her.

Jealousy? Amazement? Or... a trace of doubt about her own choice?

She had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire for more than a decade, exhausting herself and treading on thin ice, paying a price beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Yet a youth with no background had reached a height she herself had never attained with an almost domineering momentum.

If... if she had not chosen to infiltrate back then, but had stayed in Spirit Hall and focused on cultivation, what would things be like for her now, given her talent?

The thought was like a venomous snake, gnawing at Qian Renxue's heart and leaving her briefly dazed and shaken.

But she quickly forced down that emotion she should not have felt.

There was no turning back once the arrow had left the bow. She had already given too much and had no road of retreat.

She turned her gaze back to the secret letter.

What was Lin Wan's relationship with them?

Queen Eva's beautiful yet unfathomable face surfaced in Qian Renxue's mind.

They had long since reached an agreement.

Lin Wan was Eva's nephew; that was his public identity.

Whatever Eva's true purpose might be, at least for now, Lin Wan was on their side. He was a force secretly controlled by Spirit Hall.

With that thought, Qian Renxue hesitated no longer.

She spread out a sheet of specially made stationery, dipped her brush in ink, and began writing her reply.

She explained Lin Wan's familial relationship with Eva in detail to Bibi Dong, as