Fang Qianyuan had long anticipated the Mystic Sun Sect's intentions. Unwilling to get entangled with them, he simply refused to meet them, leaving their envoys no choice but to seek an audience with Bai Aoxue.
Bai Aoxue did appear, but when the subject of the Past King arose, she remained vague.
In the end, the Mystic Sun Sect could only abandon its plans to make an issue of Liu Chuanxi's death and turn instead to the usual compensation arrangements.
On this matter, Bai Aoxue was earnest and serious.
After all, Liu Chuanxi had died in service to the Alliance. Having met such an unfortunate end, his affairs had to be settled properly according to established practice.
She generously offered several forms of compensation. Though the Mystic Sun Sect's representatives felt some regret, they could find no fault with her response and could only express their thanks.
Some time later, word that Fang Qianyuan had captured the Past King spread like wildfire.
This was not a leak from the Mystic Sun Sect. Having received Bai Aoxue's promise of compensation, they had no reason to take such an unnecessary step. Rather, when the Past King had been abruptly whisked away that day, the Warriors accompanying him had immediately reported it to their superiors, and the news had then spread throughout the Allied Army's upper ranks.
Within the Heavenly Realms Alliance, those whose cultivation and strength had reached a certain level could roughly guess who had acted. They did not know the Past King's true identity, but by investigating his connection to Liu Chuanxi and considering the Mystic Sun Sect's intriguing behavior, they arrived at various conjectures.
Among these conjectures, some happened to stumble close to the truth.
Even if no one had suspected anything about Liu Chuanxi's behavior, Fang Qianyuan's willingness to