Taking the Fight to the Wang Household!

Meanwhile.

The Golden Carriage heading east abruptly stopped. Zhang Yuan lifted the curtain and gazed toward the brightly lit Cui Residence at the far eastern end of the street.

"Are we going to the Cui Residence?"

Chen Xinqiao's voice came from inside the carriage.

Zhang Yuan had broken through the eastern defensive line for more than just escape. When he killed Wang Zhenyu, the Golden Carriage he summoned had materialized from the bottom up, evading everyone's eyes and ears as it secretly picked up Chen Xinqiao, who had been sleeping in the East Room.

Before Wang Baihan arrived, he had already concealed Chen Xinqiao's aura and karma. That was the key to keeping Wang Baihan from noticing her.

Wang Baihan's nine-turn qi refining cultivation was indeed powerful, with a crushing advantage in combat strength over a Seven-Turn Qi Refinement Perfected.

But Wang Baihan was ultimately still only at qi refining. Almost no one besides a Foundation-Building Heavenly Being could penetrate the miraculous concealment of [Severing Past and Present, Leaving No Trace]. Even if he had found Zhang Yuan by instinct once, could he find him by instinct every single time?

Zhang Yuan shook his head. "No."

He had an exceedingly poor impression of the cultivation aristocratic clans in the Azure Sky Dust-Stained Realm, especially the Five Surnames and Seven Houses. Naturally, he would not walk straight into their net and casually entrust his life and fortune to someone else.

Chen Xinqiao nodded lightly. Looking at the horrifying wound in Zhang Yuan's chest, her eyes flickered.

"Then... are you going back?"

Zhang Yuan glanced at her and said calmly, "No."

Only he and Chen Xinqiao were in the carriage. Chen Qinkuai was nowhere to be seen. Snatching Chen Xinqiao up while breaking out had already been his limit. If he turned