The King of Huainan's Household Wavers

"Friend, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"

As the escaped nine-petaled flower shattered and turned into purple qi, the battle came to an end.

Zhang Xuezhou felt an endless purple qi sweep over his body, bringing him restorative and upward-propelling energy.

But before he could move his body wildly for long, he felt a distorted sensation appear before his eyes, and a chair appeared in the darkness, and a familiar face came into view.

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Clearly, the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon are not omnipotent and can take his place in the competition of magical techniques.

He had previously planned to gamble on arriving in time and continuing the battle through the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, but unexpectedly, the other party could only sit on the tree chair and wait, without intervening.

Only after the conflict subsided did the two sides return to normal exchanges.

"The risk I've taken with me is a bit too high. Don't die after you take my place!"

Zhang Xuezhou made a statement based on his mental state.

Caught in this transition, he couldn't turn back, and this place didn't seem to be a place where the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon could simply decide what to do.

Their faces touched, and a profound mystery suddenly arose.

Through constant distortion, Zhang Xuezhou's appearance changed, and he was also given a new identity.

He turned around and saw that his past self had disappeared, leaving only darkness behind him and a guiding light ahead.

This made him shake his head, and he too stepped into the light.

No matter how urgent the matter, even if a knife is held to his throat, Zhang Xuezhou has to put it down.

He pondered everything that had happened to him at the King of Huainan's Household and felt that the danger was no less than when he faced Huang Daoxian. He also wondered what these people at the King of Huainan's Household might do to him.

"I'm a government official; they shouldn't go so far as to kill me. Perhaps they're leaving a curse mark on my body. My Incantation Avoidance Formula skills are quite good; I don't know..."

He pondered various things, and then opened his eyes in the light.

The faint scent of camellias filled his nostrils, and Zhang Xuezhou frowned slightly.

Just as he was about to suspect that Princess Liu Ling had used some trick again, he sniffed the air and realized that the scent of camellias was coming from beside him.

"Woman?"

As Zhang Xuezhou tilted his head, he felt soft strands of hair brush against his face, and beside him lay a woman dressed only in a light veil, lying on her side like a kitten.

Several scenarios of framing and slander quickly flashed through his mind, and he quickly raised his head.

"Lord Dongfang, you've finally woken up!"

Before Zhang Xuezhou could even look around, he saw Li Shang, with long gray hair, sitting on the edge of the bed, letting out a big sigh of relief, his face still showing signs of lingering fear.

"What, are you afraid I'll die in the Prince's mansion?"

Zhang Xuezhou replied irritably.

No matter how good his temper was or how quickly he could switch roles, Zhang Xuezhou had just killed the Nine-Petal Flower. His tone was inappropriate, and his gaze towards Li Shangshi was somewhat unfriendly.

"What have you done to me?" Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

"Lord Dongfang, please don't worry. You simply overdid it during the banquet, and your body is feeling a bit unwell right now!"

Li Shang quickly replied to Zhang Xuezhou.

He called out towards the outside of the room, and Zhang Xuezhou saw the door open, revealing the faces of Zhang Zhong, Lady Yourong, and others outside.

"He's alright!" Li Shang called out. "Let me check on Lord Dongfang again. Don't worry too much, Lord Dongfang is perfectly fine!"

"Oh?"

If he were alone in the King of Huainan's Household, Zhang Xuezhou felt he might cause some trouble. However, the fact that Zhang Zhong and the others had arrived at the King of Huainan's Household could only mean that his parents had asked someone to intervene, which would most likely embarrass the King of Huainan's Household.

Either the new emperor, who was using the alias Marquis of Pingyang, sent someone to intervene, or it was Divine Lord Zhenyuan who stepped in to help; there are few other possibilities.

He replied to Li Shang softly, his mind calming down considerably after the battle.

"Lord Dongfang, I've heard that you underwent brain surgery in the past. Has your body suffered from the long-term effects, resulting in any other special illnesses?" Li Shang asked in a low voice.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Xuezhou asked. "What do you mean by saying that?"

"This, well, this..."

Li Shang got up, paced back and forth a couple of times, and then sighed heavily.

He previously believed that Zhang Xuezhou had undergone craniotomy, which caused him to experience drowsiness as a side effect, requiring him to fall asleep from time to time to recover.

However, after examining Zhang Xuezhou's symptoms were not as described.

Zhang Xuezhou's body was overflowing with Qi and Blood, as if he had taken an excessive dose of medicine to replenish himself to the extreme. Every part of his body was filled with an extremely large amount of Qi and Blood.

However, according to Jin Chang's knowledge, Zhang Xuezhou cultivated Technique Method rather than martial arts, and his cultivation had even reached the Divine Ability Realm.

This conflict between reality and description prompted Li Shang to constantly examine the situation.

After examining Zhang Xuezhou, Li Shang felt that the Law Power within Zhang Xuezhou's body had undergone an extremely incredible change.

The Law Power within Zhang Xuezhou's body was either blocked or stagnant, as stubborn as a rusty iron plate, almost impossible to move.

Normally, this situation is not unusual. Li Shang has diagnosed some cultivators Qi Deviation. These cultivators' internal Law Power is so stagnant that it is difficult to move, or it has caused damage to their acupoints, thus turning them into cripples.

But Zhang Xuezhou's situation was strange because these Law Power seemed to have undergone some kind of transformation, thus giving his physical body the ability to withstand external impacts.

Zhang Xuezhou seems to Qi Deviation, but Qi Deviation an unbelievable degree, his body's Law Power can resist external erosion.

This was the only cultivator Li Shang had seen in many years who, after Qi Deviation, did not fare too badly.

Ordinary cultivators don't have such good fortune, but Zhang Xuezhou's somewhat unlucky luck is another matter entirely.

Regardless of whether Zhang Xuezhou's fate was good or bad, and regardless of how much ability Zhang Xuezhou still retained, his cultivation was crippled at the King of Huainan's Household, which could easily lead to unpredictable future troubles.

Zuo Wu and his accomplices' murderous intent vanished only to resurface, as they contemplated destroying the body or fabricating a story that Zhang Xuezhou had died from excessive drinking.

However, after the banquet, everyone sent a letter to the Zhang residence, which inevitably made things awkward, as destroying the body and covering up the evidence became more difficult.

However, faking a death due to excessive drinking is not as simple as forcing someone to drink. To preserve Zhang Xuezhou's body intact, it was necessary to avoid being examined by others, and at least to eliminate any traces of Liu Ling's Technique Method.

Removing the 'Jade Burning' catalyst is not difficult under normal circumstances, but it became a challenge because Zhang Xuezhou was ' Qi Deviation '. Even Li Shang was so worried that his hair turned quite white, and he tried many methods to try to avoid being implicated by the Jingzhao Prefecture during the subsequent investigation.

In short, the attitude of the King of Huainan's Household toward Zhang Xuezhou was extremely inconsistent.

It wasn't until eight days ago, when a Daoist priest visited the King of Huainan's Household's residence, that a battle between the cultivators erupted after a brief exchange of words, and only then did the King of Huainan's Household's attitude finally stabilize.

Besides Zhang Xuezhou, who is lying here, there are several other people also lying in hospital beds.

"This is the method used to treat your physical ailments; the results are visible to the naked eye!"

With many thoughts swirling in Li Shang's mind, he saw Zhang Xuezhou asking questions and then pointing to the woman beside him who was pretending to be asleep, seeking an explanation. Li Shang had no choice but to bite the bullet and pull her along.