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"Also, this Hundred-Day Grand Examination is more crucial than any before it. If you have the ability, make sure to fight for a higher ranking. It is of vital importance to you, to Four Seasons Valley, and even to our Chen Household and War God Palace."

"???"

Rather than clearing up Jiang Xuan's doubts, Chen Wandi's words only made the clouds of suspicion in his heart grow heavier.

But he did not continue asking.

After all, he was not a member of the Chen Household, nor had he joined the War God Palace. Chen Wandi had already done his utmost by letting him in on this news. Asking too much further would be failing to appreciate the favor.

Jiang Xuan's expression was grave. On the other side, Yu Xian, Yan Shouzhuo, and the others were the same.

And their expressions were even uglier.

"We did not even receive news concerning the sect's grand situation at the first opportunity. Four Seasons Valley... has truly declined."

Jiang Xuan found that difficult to answer. Granny Blue instead comforted them, saying, "We can still hold steady as a middle-tier Dao Branch. Besides, perhaps we did not learn of this in advance only because the Valley Master is still in seclusion."

Having said that, Granny Blue did not immediately have Jiang Xuan begin cultivating.

Though they felt that, after reaching a cooperation agreement, the Chen Household could not possibly deceive them, they certainly could not hastily make a decision based only on Chen Wandi's side of the story.

Thus, after returning to Four Seasons Valley, Granny Blue immediately set out for the Upper Branch she had originally come from to verify whether the news was true.

Of course, while Granny Blue was running about, Jiang Xuan was not idle either.

He plunged headfirst into Four