The Matter of Exterminating Evil

From Zi He's words, both Yang Yuanliu and Chen Yang, concealed within his sleeve, heard several deeper implications.

After a brief moment of thought, Yang Yuanliu asked, "Senior Zi He, as far as I know, His Highness the Crown Prince's position within the Dynasty has never wavered over the years. From top to bottom, the entire court has regarded him as Your Majesty's successor."

"This is the second matter I wished to discuss with you. That was indeed the case before, but... there has now been a change in this matter."

The moment those words were spoken, Yang Yuanliu revealed a trace of surprise, while Chen Yang within his sleeve began searching through his tangled memories.

Scenes flickered through his mind one after another before finally settling on a single image.

It was the scene from when he and Yang Lingrui had entered the Vast Sea Blessed Land.

The night sky burned, and fiery rain filled the heavens.

At the end of the road, Murong Qiuhan had thrown back her head and shouted, "I am a true dragon! Who can slay me?!"

In the next instant, the blood-gold dragon that had been soaring through the sky plunged straight down as though summoned, blocking Song Kaiyang's most lethal killing blow for her.

After surviving that great calamity, this daughter of the Murong Clan, who had originally held no interest in the Tiger Chasing throne, seemed to have become an entirely different person.

During the exploration of the Twilight Ancient Path, although Yang Lingrui, Shen Yue, and the others had not encountered her or seen her fight anyone,

the aura she revealed alone had already made the two Tiger Chasing prodigies of that time wary.

"Even then, it felt as though this female cultivator's temperament had changed enormously. Her state of mind