Ambush Assassination

Before dealing with external threats, stabilize the interior. After Ling Baiyan and Wei Yuanlong died, more than half of the unstable elements within the Martial Suppression Hall had been purged in an instant.

Chen Yuan had actually wanted to eliminate Qiu Sheng as well, but that could easily draw Chao Hongtu out too soon. Since Qiu Sheng had backed down, Chen Yuan would leave him alone for the time being.

Liu Suifeng coughed, then began assigning tasks to the various parties.

Ling Baiyan and Wei Yuanlong were dead, but not everyone in the Vermilion Bird Hall and Black Tortoise Hall had been traitors.

Furthermore, the Martial Suppression Hall needed to consolidate its forces, so Liu Suifeng directly had Yang Yanxing's Army-Breaking Guard cooperate with the Shadow Guard, gathering the forces of the Martial Suppression Four Halls within Tianning Prefecture.

Chen Yuan, meanwhile, had to take action immediately before the news spread and ambush Shangguan Chun, the Shangguan Clan's chief elder.

Once the assignments had been made, everyone immediately set off at their fastest speed.

Before leaving, however, Chen Yuan took out the gu insect Granny Dragon Ghost had given him and sent her a message.

Granny Dragon Ghost had previously said that she also intended to come to the Central Plains to search for gu insects and materials, preparing to enter the Miao Borderlands' Great Manifestation Realm.

However, Chen Yuan had not asked Granny Dragon Ghost where she was headed or whether it was far from Ningzhou.

If she could make it in time, he would have another source of fighting strength.

The Shangguan Clan's move had simply come too suddenly. Otherwise, Chen Yuan would have invited Granny Dragon Ghost to Ningzhou when he left the Miao Borderlands.

Meanwhile, after Qiu Sheng returned to the Main Hall, he headed down