This Is All Xu Yuan's Fault! (Bonus Chapter for Meeting the Monthly Ticket Goal-Please Vote!)

He was dead.

Lu Chenzhou's body lay on the ground, without a trace of life left in it.

The emperor stood there, looking down at Lu Chenzhou's corpse. His expression grew indistinct and rigid.

It was as though he had put on a mask—

No one could glimpse his true joys or sorrows anymore.

An ominous aura spread from the emperor. In the silence, it brewed a storm that made hearts tremble.

"Qing Xuan," the emperor said.

"Yes."

“Make every witness sign a binding Contract forbidding them from revealing what just happened, lest the court become unstable and the people fall into turmoil. See to it yourself. Every single person must—” “Yes,” Lu Qingxuan said.

"Disguise things a little when you leave."

A fiercer killing intent suddenly erupted from the emperor. He said softly,

"We should return... I'll leave this place to you."

With that, his figure flashed and vanished.

Lu Qingxuan sighed and looked around.

The entire Subway Station was awash in blood and strewn with corpses.

Ten years ago... it had been too terrible.

Chen Zhou, Chen Zhou. If you'd known there was this much going on, you shouldn't have fought me for the trip to Border City.

If it had been me...

Wait.

...Could I have escaped?

Lu Qingxuan sank into thought.

The emperor appeared on the high dais of a palace, killing intent roiling around him.

The Monster wasn't afraid of water, ice, or wind...

That was Xu Yuan's assessment.

It had yet to be confirmed, but the evidence made it almost certain.

At first,

neither he nor the Demon Race had imagined that a single expedition would yield intelligence this crucial.

Xu Yuan... had done very well.

Luck had played a part, of course. They had found that Parrot and encountered people from the Underground