The Ten-Thousand Valleys Courtyard.
Zheng Zhuxi lay in bed beneath the Silk Quilt, her face pale, her eyelids swollen, and her expression haggard. Compared with a few days earlier, however, her heart had settled considerably. Grief and sorrow still lingered, but anxiety no longer left her short of breath.
"Senior Sister, once you circulate your true qi and assimilate the 'Azure Dragon' organs, I'll hurry to the Prefecture City to interrogate that Two-Faced Clan fellow. We shouldn't let a long night breed more nightmares." Ding Songyan sat on a stool beside her bed, making conversation to keep her from falling asleep.
He had just seen his master's husband, Zheng Ziming, off to the Hall of the Stars, where numerous high officials and Martial Grandmasters had come to pay their respects.
"Be careful on the road," Zheng Zhuxi said weakly. "Senior Sister Xue will look after me. My father is here too, along with the servants."
After her junior brother returned to the mountain carrying Bai Zhaolin's head, she had immediately paid her respects, then gone to Flamefire Hall to implant the "Azure Dragon" organs, fulfilling her promise to her mother.
Looking at his sickly senior sister, Ding Songyan considered his words before saying:
"I'll ask Grand-uncle Master Wang to come with me. We'll say he took my warning to heart and tracked Bai Zhaolin day and night. Not only did he catch up with him, he stayed hidden and discovered him meeting someone from the Accumulated Evil Path. Then, while Bai Zhaolin was still badly wounded and alone, trying to circle back to Flat Lake Mountain, he fought and killed that villain who had fallen to the demonic path."
Ding Songyan had already explained the details of Bai Zhaolin's collusion with the Accumulated Evil Path to Zheng Zhuxi and Yan