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"...An Inspection Team led by False Core True Person Zhen set out to quell the rebellion and slaughter them..."

Lin Changheng was deeply interested in this information.

He questioned Xu Bazheng in detail about it, but his questions were so specific that Xu Bazheng, who did not know the inside story, looked troubled and had no idea how to answer.

She simply used a banquet as a pretext to invite her friend over for drinks. After all, he was a foundation establishment middle stage cultivator who had reached that stage seven or eight years before Xu Bazheng, and quite a few members of the Xu Family High Council would accompany him.

Naturally, Lin Changheng also had to attend. Ultimately, this banquet was being held for his sake.

That night, the great hall bustled with activity. Though the banquet had yet to begin, everyone was chatting cheerfully. Xu Bazheng's friend, Guo Huairen, held a jade cup as the host lineage's senior cultivators clustered around him like stars around the moon, drinking toasts and showering him with compliments.

It left him feeling rather buoyant.

Guo Huairen nodded calmly and took a small sip, elegant and poised as he enjoyed the compliments and respect of those around him.

His gaze occasionally swept over the other cultivators in the hall. Apart from his friend, who was at foundation establishment early stage, everyone present was merely at the qi refining stage. A sense of superiority rose within him. Though he did not openly show it, the faint arrogance and aloofness between his brows could not escape a discerning eye.

As they raised their cups in toasts, Guo Huairen deliberately discussed recent developments in [Flowing Cloud Immortal City] and insights from a conversation with a foundation establishment late stage cultivator. Occasionally, he mentioned circles beyond the