"Another one. Looks like this Sexagenary-Cycle Reporting won't be too boring..."
Suddenly.
Yan Xiu sensed something across the way and whipped his head toward Jade Splendor Lodge.
A deeper chill flashed through his sinister eyes. Then he waved a hand and led his people charging over in force.
Standing guard outside, Yan Huan's expression sharpened, and she reached for her sword.
Ji Xian said mildly, "We have guests at our door. How can we greet them with blades? Stand down."
Yan Huan acknowledged the order and stepped aside.
Ji Xian walked out.
Wei Qiang remained inside to look after Wei Shuo. Lu Changfeng sat down at the courtyard's stone table and poured himself a drink, treating the Eastern Yu party as though they did not exist.
Grinding his teeth, Yan Xiu strode forward and caught sight of Lu Changfeng.
He had only seen portraits before. This was their first meeting.
In the past, if Lu Changfeng had dared come to the Deathless Kingdom, he would have had ten thousand ways to make him wish he were dead!
But now Lu Changfeng had become Southern Mo's Sovereign Consort. Having him hunted throughout the kingdom with a single command was nothing more than a fantasy. Worse, this man had made more than half of Eastern Yu's experts above the fifth realm itch for two whole months, unable to live or die in peace. Besides his hatred, those methods had instilled a deep wariness in him.
This was Hongfang. Even with all its capable people, they had needed two months to cure the poison.
He had to admit how terrifying this man's use of poison was!
Yet while he was wary inside, he showed no mercy on his face.
Facing Ji Xian, the woman he had once wanted so desperately, and seeing her