Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
Today was anything but peaceful. Ever since the many experts of the Jia Ma Empire learned of the close relationship between the Snake-People Tribe and the Jia Ma Imperial Family, they had been pondering their next moves.
After all, these decisions concerned the fate of their families, or even their own lives.
Queen Medusa of the Snake-People Tribe had even broken through to Dou Zong!
That filled their hearts with boundless dread!
Meanwhile, news of Queen Medusa's breakthrough to Dou Zong spread like wildfire, reaching every street and alley in Heavenly Capital City, where the Jia Ma Imperial Family resided.
Rumors also spread that the Jia Ma Imperial Family intended to form an alliance with the Snake-People Tribe, seemingly planning to purge certain families that refused to obey the empire's authority. The Three Great Families would bear the brunt of it!
The Nalan Family, with its ambiguous ties to the Misty Cloud Sect, would be the first to be purged!
"Bullshit! Which bastard spread that news?!"
At that moment, within the Nalan Family, one of the Three Great Families of the Jia Ma Empire, anger flickered across Nalan Jie's face.
"Father, just let those rumors outside run their course!" A middle-aged man beside Nalan Jie spoke with a bitter smile.
"Those rumor-mongers must have forgotten my title of Lionheart Marshal! How dare they slander our Nalan Family so brazenly!"
Looking at his son, Nalan Su, Nalan Jie remained furious.
As the supreme commander of the entire Jia Ma Empire, Nalan Jie held the title of Lionheart Marshal and had made indelible contributions to the expansion of its territory.
He had never expected that, once the winds shifted, people would actually claim the Jia Ma Imperial Family intended to purge his family.