Apart from Old Sun, Li Cong and Xu Yan Yun were naturally the most skilled people in Medicine King Hall. If they intervened, even if they could not save Li Jiqian's life, Huang Xiao believed they should at least be able to keep him alive for a few more days.
"There's no time to lose. Let's set out at once!" Xu Yan Yun said.
And so they left Medicine King Hall together and headed straight for Xiping Prefecture, the capital of Xiazhou.
Huang Xiao and the others reached Xiping Prefecture as quickly as they could, but You Lian'er received terrible news: her father had already passed away a day earlier.
Li Cong and Xu Yan Yun could only sigh, helpless.
He was already dead, so of course there was nothing they could do. Even if the Founding Patriarch came, he probably could do nothing either.
If he had only just breathed his last, there might still have been a chance to save him. After a whole day, even immortals would find it hard to bring him back.
A solemn atmosphere hung over the King of Xia's Palace in Xiping Prefecture. The King of Xia's death had also led to considerably tighter security in the palace.
Li Cong and Xu Yan Yun still went to examine Li Jiqian. After confirming that there was nothing they could do, they left Xiping Prefecture and returned to Medicine King Hall.
They had come purely for Huang Xiao's sake. If Li Jiqian could still have been saved, they would naturally have saved him. Now that it was too late for anything, there was no point in their staying.
"Take the throne," Huang Xiao said calmly, looking at Li Deming before him.
"My royal father has only just passed away. How could I?" Li Deming hastily