Muyun Hong kept her spiritual sense sealed and did not wake even after they returned to the inn.
Xie Jinhuan leaned against the edge of the bathing tub, circulating icy qi to help drain the fire. Since there was little to see with a dress on, he listened to the sounds outside the window.
An hour or two had passed. The Capital City's Immortal Officials and experts from across the land had mostly arrived in Yunling County. Soldiers and horses thundered through the streets, people sped across the rooftops from time to time, and he could hear people discussing the matter outside:
"That great demon seemed to be Imperial Father-in-Law He. This is just..."
"I heard he was getting old and clinging to life, so he colluded with the Nether God Sect, deceiving everyone above and below him while secretly harming people to extend his life..."
"He killed over a thousand people just today. Exterminating nine generations of his family wouldn't be enough..."
"His Majesty is a fairly enlightened ruler, but this has really done him harm. The Daoist Sect will probably suffer too, with a mess this big..."
Xie Jinhuan had met Imperial Father-in-Law He in Linde Hall. Since the man had concealed himself so thoroughly with a secret art, he really had noticed nothing unusual then.
From when he had first woken up and gone to Danyang to find Yang Dabiao, encountering those three bandits, he had pursued this mastermind all the way until today before finally digging him out. It truly had not been easy.
But this certainly was not the truth. The Nether God Sect had laid out such an enormous chessboard, with insiders in the Prince's Manor and the Capital City's various government offices, even infiltrating the emperor's father-in-law. To claim in the end