That day, Qing Ying had originally planned to head south to Jiangnan with Lin Xiaosu.
But she had not gone.
Because Lin Xiaosu had assigned her a task: go to Lanzhou.
She had received two orders.
First, investigate the Thousand-Poison Sect.
Second, investigate Prince Lan Ning.
Investigate what, exactly?
Everything!
This order was exceptionally taboo, because the targets of investigation were anything but ordinary.
Prince Lan Ning, the current Emperor's second son, had long ranked among the top two princes in status. Many had once judged that after the former Crown Prince, Hong Ding, fell from grace, he was the prince most likely to succeed to the Eastern Palace.
And the Thousand-Poison Sect was even more extraordinary.
It was a branch of the Myriad Poison Sect.
What sort of sect was the Myriad Poison Sect?
One of the "Nine Gates"!
In other words, its standing in the martial world was comparable to the Ancient Gate, Demon Gate, Demon Sect, and even the former Reincarnation Sect.
It was one of the nineteen superpowers standing at the pinnacle of the pyramid.
Under normal circumstances, who would dare provoke the Myriad Poison Sect?
Who would dare point the spearhead directly at the Thousand-Poison Sect, its branch?
Yet this newly risen star of the Great Wilderness court possessed precisely such audacity. Before heading south to Jiangnan, he had arranged for his trusted aide to enter Lanzhou and thoroughly investigate these two major targets—one a prince currently ranked first in standing, the other a branch of a force at the pinnacle of the cultivation world's pyramid.
After four months of comprehensive investigation, Qing Ying had basically uncovered everything and now gave Lin Xiaosu a full report...
The focus of her report was the Thousand-Poison Sect.
The Thousand-Poison Sect was deeply evil.
The Thousand-Poison Sect was