As Lu Chen withdrew from the Cloudsea Immortal Palace, Wen Zhuyi was already flying toward the gate of light.
"Let's go."
She had taken none of Lu Chen's parting words to heart.
The disciples of Extreme Eastern Ice City behind Wen Zhuyi, however, all looked furious.
"Such arrogance!"
"He actually dared threaten the city lord!"
"A pack of rats chased into hiding by the Imperial Court-how dare they act so brazenly before the city lord!"
Wen Zhuyi looked back and found that Changsun Bingquan, the youngest among them, instead looked perfectly calm.
She was slightly surprised, but her face remained as cold as ice and stone. "Bingquan, tell me what you think."
Flattered by the attention, Changsun Bingquan answered without hesitation, "Someone who could hold out against you for an hour without losing naturally has the right to act brazenly. Your words just now were both a probe and a warning. As long as you hold on to this weakness, neither Lu Chen nor his accomplices from Dreamlike Mountain Manor can escape your grasp."
A trace of gratification flashed through Wen Zhuyi's eyes.
She knew what her two nieces and several veteran retainers were thinking.
After her death, Extreme Eastern Ice City would sooner or later have to be handed over to Changsun Bingquan.
The nearly one hundred million survivors of Zhenhai Kingdom in Ice City would ultimately need someone at the helm.
Changsun Bingquan's composure reassured her somewhat.
"That goes too far. What sort of man is Lu Chen? He isn't so easily manipulated. We can only constrain him a little-"
By the time Wen Zhuyi finished speaking, she had stepped through the gate of light.
What appeared before her was actually a world of darkness and chaos, with countless wind blades swirling through it.
Wen Zhuyi immediately flicked