"This Hu Meiniang... has deep ties to the Demon God Palace."
Candlelight flickered inside the Central Army Tent, casting swaying shadows across Hu Ze's Avatar's face and making his expression seem uncertain and changeable.
Li Chen's true body sat silently to one side, pondering the matter of Hu Meiniang.
This demon enchantress seemed to have quite a few supporters within the Demon God Palace. Whenever a crucial moment arose, she could always summon experts to lend their strength.
These might have been allies she had gained through her promiscuous socializing in earlier years, trading on her beauty. An enchantress like her had countless lovers and men waiting in reserve, yet she could always maintain the image of an immortal maiden, a celestial being as pure as a white lotus in others' eyes.
"Let her remain tangled up with the Demon God Palace. My identity as Hu Ze still depends on Zhang Mountain. I must be more loyal than her, more pure."
Li Chen did not rush to reply to Yue Dongyang and the others. Instead, he wrote another secret letter to Fairy Zhang Hua on Zhang Mountain, lodging a damning complaint against her!
In the letter, he roundly disparaged Hu Meiniang's recent actions, citing her eagerness for quick gains and her foolish shortsightedness. He then brought up her summoning Demon Kings from the Demon God Palace, something that undoubtedly harmed the Heavenly Fox Clan's interests.
Throughout his dealings here, Li Chen always remembered that Hu Ze's Avatar had someone backing him. As one of the few Primordial Spirit Realm Great Powers on the Righteous Qi Continent, Fairy Zhang Hua was the key figure who would ultimately determine his fate.
He could tell that Fairy Zhang Hua did not actually like her disciple Hu Meiniang all that much. Had her actions