"Xiang Qianqiu, you deserve to die!"

From the moment Xiang Qianfeng recognized the纹路 (wénlù) appearing on Chen Yuan's body as the Xiang family's bloodline divine纹 (wén), he understood some of the secrets.

Back then, Xiang Qianqiu ordered people to hunt down Chen Xuanling. He was mainly responsible for this matter, and he also knew Xiang Qianqiu's true secret: his son had only mysteriously disappeared and had not fallen.

But Xiang Qianqiu asked him to block the information. Most of the Xiang family members thought his son was dead, but now it seems that this was not the case!

That child did not die back then. Not only that, but under Xiang Qianqiu's protection, he had grown to a powerful degree, and this person was Chen Yuan!

The rich Xiang family divine blood on his body can prove this!

No wonder Xiang Qianqiu wouldn't let him take revenge and even sat by and watched Ling Tian fall. It turned out that everything was prepared for this remnant!

They, father and son, were probably pawns that Xiang Qianqiu had planned long ago.

Xiang Qianfeng was now full of resentment.

Xiang Qianqiu not only wanted to use his son to lay the foundation for Chen Yuan's marquis title, so that the Sima clan would trust him, but also wanted to use his life to pave the way for Chen Yuan's future!

Xiang Qianfeng was now a little obsessed. He attributed everything to Xiang Qianqiu's plan, but that was not the case. Xiang Qianqiu only wanted to raise Gu (蛊).

Now he was just going with the flow.

Chen Yuan was able to get to this point, relying entirely on his own efforts.

Terrifying demon flames burned Xiang Qianfeng's body bit by bit. His vitality was rapidly dissipating, and his physical skin was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Chen Yuan, do you know the truth!"

Xiang Qianfeng roared.

Chen Yuan's eyes moved, but he did not stop his actions, continuing to manipulate the demon flames to wear away the life force of this Xiang family elder.

"You are also Xiang Qianqiu's pawn. Back then... he killed your mother..." Xiang Qianfeng roared unwillingly.

But the fire of the demon flames grew bigger and bigger.

"I already knew this. Xiang Qianqiu will come to accompany you father and son." Chen Yuan was not surprised. When he learned that Xiang Lingtian was instructed by Xiang Qianqiu to kill him.

Chen Yuan understood some things.

It's a pity that his current strength is still too weak to kill that guy. Just wait, dare to despise him and regard him as a pawn. One day he will suffer backlash.

With Moro here, he can be sure that Xiang Qianqiu has never appeared within a certain range of him, even if he is spying in a certain place.

The chess player will eventually become a chess piece.

"Hahaha, Xiang Qianqiu, Xiang Qianqiu, you are not worthy to be the patriarch of my Xiang clan!"

Xiang Qianfeng laughed madly.

The terrifying demon flames gradually engulfed him. Although he was a peak Refinement Spirit powerhouse with extremely strong strength, he was still an ant under the means of a True Lord.

All his methods could not resist the heat of the demon flames. The surrounding void was completely blocked by the demon flames. Even if he wanted to leave, he couldn't, and could only wait for death.

Chen Yuan sensed the time, and sweat was already on his forehead. Seeing that Xiang Qianfeng was now at the point of dying, he thought for a while and took out the blood bead from the Heavenly Book space.

Then, his divine sense wrapped the blood bead and rushed into the demon flames.

Chen Yuan murmured:

"Let you father and son become the nourishment for my future cultivation!"

Sacrificing father and son to the heavens will make my magic power boundless.

The blood light was great, and the demon flames retreated under his control, directly landing on Xiang Qianfeng's slightly weak dried corpse, extracting the Xiang family's divine blood from his body.

This is the power of bloodline inherited from the peerless Martial God, Chu Taizu. It is useless for Qi refining, but it can have miraculous effects on body refining, no less than spiritual objects. For Chen Yuan, who possesses the Xiang family's divine blood, it is even a great supplement.

However, he has no intention of swallowing it now. He wants to wait until he breaks through the physical Divine Power realm before using it. At that time, he can perfectly utilize this divine blood.

Even if this assassination was also Xiang Qianqiu's plan, then he would be happy to do so. It would be best to have a few more Sons of Destiny to contribute their destiny and divine blood to him.

Apart from Xiao Qingmu of the Qingyun Sword Sect back then, Chen Yuan once again found a force that he could continue to fleece.

The Xiang family!

From beginning to end, Chen Yuan did not use any other means besides Moro's demon flames. There was no need. His strength had been verified before.

He was almost invincible in the Nascent Soul Realm. Those who were just entering the Refinement Spirit realm could fight him, but this kind of peak Refinement Spirit powerhouse was not something he could match now. It was natural to solve it as soon as possible.

Qingjiang Lake is located more than forty miles outside the capital and is not a sparsely populated place. Perhaps someone has already seen the movement here and gone to the capital to report.

He doesn't have much time.

Quick battles and quick resolutions are the right way.

Xiang Qianfeng's appearance at the moment was very miserable. His whole body was charred like black charcoal, and his hair was completely burned clean, leaving a black and shiny piece of traces.

There were also ancient Xiang family bloodline divine纹 (wén) on his face, maintaining the last line of life.

This was still the case when Chen Yuan held back. If he had recklessly urged the demon flames, Xiang Qianfeng would not even have been left with a physical body. The blood bead hovered over his body and rotated slightly, and the blood light enveloped his whole body.

Constantly extracting his divine blood and vitality.

After about ten breaths, the blood bead's light converged, and the divine blood was completely drained. Under the control of his divine sense, it dripped back into Chen Yuan's hand and was placed in the Heavenly Book space.

Xiang Qianfeng still had his last breath left. He opened his almost blinded eyes and seemed to see the scene of this blood bead extracting the divine blood from Xiang Lingtian's body.

The hatred in his heart lingered.

He did not expect that Xiang Qianqiu had secretly refined beads specifically for extracting the Xiang family's divine blood. What did he want to do? Could it be that he wanted to drain all the clan members who possessed the Xiang family's divine blood?

Did he want the Xiang family to be completely exterminated!

It's a pity that no one gave him this answer, and he didn't have the strength to think about it anymore.

Chen Yuan stepped on the demon flames step by step and walked in front of him, slowly raising a finger. A wisp of heart-stopping sharpness appeared at the fingertip, and he instantly cut off Xiang Qianfeng's head.

He didn't even leave him a chance to say his last words.

Because in his opinion, it was a complete waste of time.

At most, it was just a few harsh words. He was already tired of hearing these things.

The Celestial Eye opened, and he could clearly see that a wisp of azure destiny light gushed out from Xiang Qianfeng's body, burrowing into his body like a swimming dragon, and the Destiny Altar in the depths of his consciousness slowly rotated.

Exactly the same as before, a new destiny guide surged into Chen Yuan's heart.

"Lin'an Rock Mountain Nine Rivers, the fifteenth day of June, carp fragrant. Full moon night Dragon Gate crossing, the bottom of the river blue light shows dragon pearl!"

Chen Yuan opened his eyes, his eyes a little thoughtful.

He had naturally heard of Lin'an. It was one of the four prefectures of Central State, located in the southeast, and was one of the most important prefectures in the world, guarding the capital.

However, this Rock Mountain was rarely heard of. He had heard someone mention the Nine Rivers before. It was named because the nine rivers of Central State merged into one.

The lower reaches of the Nine Rivers were Yunzhou, flowing through Yunzhou to the East China Sea.

As for June 15th, guided by fate, there were only three days left from today. Fortunately, there was still enough time, as long as he waited for the night of the full moon.

As for the dragon pearl guided, it was also easy to understand.

It should be the dragon pearl.

In a short period of time, Chen Yuan divided and understood everything, preparing to return to the capital to thoroughly investigate this Rock Mountain and Dragon Gate crossing, and then set off to Lin'an Prefecture.

Breathing out a long breath, Chen Yuan collected and preserved Xiang Qianfeng's head, preparing to take it back to claim credit. With this achievement, as long as it was publicized, it would be a bit unreasonable for Jingtai to suppress his position as a Heavenly Character Envoy.

It was still considered a success!

He seized the destiny, understood the opportunity, extracted the divine blood, and would also make great contributions because of this.

Chen Yuan was equivalent to receiving three benefits.

Very good, the Xiang family is also very good.

With a thought in his mind, the deep demon flames within a thousand feet began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a short period of time, they disappeared into nothingness, and the deep demon纹 (wén) on Chen Yuan's forehead also quickly disappeared.

He could feel that the power was gone, and nothing was left.

Chen Yuan touched it and thought that Senior Moro was really a bit too stingy, not leaving any remaining power. He shook his head and narrowed his eyes at the Qingjiang Lake below.

Although there was still a lot of water below, he could feel that in that short period of time, one-fifth of the water in this huge Qingjiang Lake had evaporated.

It was conceivable how high the temperature of the demon flames was.

And this was mostly just the aftermath. If the demon flames were all directed at the lake water, Chen Yuan felt that at most half an hour, the entire Qingjiang Lake would have to be dried up.

Looking back, after the demon flames receded, warriors came through the air, probably wanting to see what was going on. He had no intention of contacting them and turned to disappear into the void.

Even his back was not left behind, but this did not prevent another legend from being created near this Qingjiang Lake from now on.

Well, heavenly fire came to the mortal world and roasted Qingjiang Lake...

Because there were still a few days before June 15th, Chen Yuan did not rush to seize the opportunity. In his opinion, the opportunity guide generally only appeared at that time, by chance.

It was useless for him to go too early now.

It was best to follow the guidance. Anyway, he still had other things to do now, so there was no need to compete for this moment.

After staying in the Wuan Marquis's Mansion for a while, Chen Yuan deliberately made the aura around his body a little weak, pretending to be in a state of being seriously injured, and prepared to meet with several envoys and Xiao Jing.

He wanted to use this great achievement to lay the foundation for his position as envoy.

Chen Yuan arrived at the Sky Survey Division very coincidentally. Envoys Zhang Yantong, Zuo Tiancheng, and Wu Tianxi were all there. When they saw his weak aura, they were instantly shocked and quickly asked:

"Chen Yuan, what's wrong with you?"

"Could something have happened?" Zuo Tiancheng asked.

"Did someone attack you?"

Zhang Yantong frowned, his eyes deep.

Chen Yuan nodded one by one, without saying much. On the surface, the envoys of the Sky Survey Division were still relatively amiable, and turned to look at Xiao Jing at the head and cupped his hands:

"Grand Commander."

"What happened?"

Xiao Jing frowned and asked.

Of course, this was just a disguise. Before, he had already learned from the master that Xiang Qianfeng was going to attack Chen Yuan. At that time, the master was still very confident in him. Now it seems that this was indeed the case.

Although Chen Yuan's aura was weak, his injuries were not too serious, and it was very likely that Xiang Qianfeng had died in his hands.

However, on the surface, he still pretended not to know anything, so as not to be seen through by this cunning Chen Yuan. Little did he know that Chen Yuan had already felt that something seemed wrong with Xiao Jing.

"Please take a look, everyone."

Chen Yuan did not waste any time. He took out Xiang Qianfeng's charred head from the Heavenly Book space and threw it on the ground. The Sky Survey Hall was instantly silent for a moment. The three envoys immediately frowned and carefully observed the thing.

Xiao Jing's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly.

Although he knew that Chen Yuan's safe return must mean that he had killed Xiang Qianfeng, he was still a little shocked when the head was placed in front of him.

He knew some of the Xiang family's strength, including the relatively conspicuous Xiang family elder Xiang Qianfeng, and also knew that his true cultivation had reached the peak of Refinement Spirit, comparable to the level of the four great envoys of the Sky Survey Division.

But now, Chen Yuan had openly and calmly thrown it on the ground, which was really surprising.

He really couldn't understand what means Chen Yuan had used. Could it be true that, as Xiang Qianqiu said, there was an unknown force behind Chen Yuan helping him?

"Who is this person?"

Zhang Yantong stared carefully at the charred head on the ground, a little curious.

"The remnant of the former dynasty's Xiang clan, elder Xiang Qianfeng!"

Chen Yuan said in a deep voice.

And these words seemed to stir up a layer of waves. Several envoys all shrank their pupils and couldn't help but step forward to investigate carefully. As the high-level members of the Sky Survey Division, they naturally knew something about the Xiang family.

They had even fought with them before, and this Xiang Qianfeng was one of them.

After confirming that there was no mistake, several people looked at each other and looked at Xiao Jing and said:

"This person is indeed Xiang Qianfeng!"

Although the head was charred, they also had a way to identify this person, and there would be no mistake.

"How did you kill this person?"

Xiao Jing coughed lightly and asked.

Hearing this, Zhang Yantong, Zuo Tiancheng, and Wu Tianxi also paused and gathered their gazes on Chen Yuan, a little curious and a little shocked.

They had seen Chen Yuan's strength a few days ago. He could be called a rare opponent in the Nascent Soul Realm, but a peak Refinement Spirit powerhouse was definitely not something he could deal with.

Chen Yuan had a draft ready and replied calmly:

"To be honest, Grand Commander, killing this person was indeed a bit of a trick..."

Chen Yuan took the initiative to reveal the location of Qingjiang Lake, anyway, he did not leave any deep traces, even if they wanted to investigate, they would not be able to find anything.

Chen Yuan said that he had felt someone staring at him before, but he couldn't be sure, so he didn't report it to the Sky Survey Division, but instead set up a formation in Qingjiang Lake in advance.

Sure enough, when he left the city today, he was attacked by Xiang Qianfeng not long after he left, saying that he wanted to return his son's life, so Chen Yuan had to lead him to Qingjiang Lake.

Finally, after a lot of effort, he relied on the power of the great formation to kill this person.

There were some loopholes in it, but generally there would be no problem. There were indeed some traces of the formation that he deliberately left in Qingjiang Lake, but those were set up by Xiang Qianfeng.

After listening, Xiao Jing took a deep look at Chen Yuan, put away the head, and said lightly:

"You are injured, go back to the Marquis's Mansion to recuperate first. This matter, this Grand Commander will report to His Majesty."

"Thank you, Grand Commander."

Chen Yuan cupped his hands slightly, paid his respects to several envoys, and turned to leave the Sky Survey Hall.

Xiao Jing pondered for a moment and nodded:

"This matter is of great importance. This Grand Commander will go to the palace immediately. You can record Chen Yuan's merits first."

"Yes."

"Yes."

The Imperial Palace, the Imperial Garden.

Jingtai, who was in a good mood today, invited the National Teacher, Bodhisattva Puxian, to play a game of chess. Since the last battle in the capital, Puxian has spent most of his time recuperating in the Xiaoleiyin Temple.

Now, after nearly half a year, he has almost recovered.

"Your Majesty, Grand Commander Xiao Jing requests an audience."

A guard bowed and reported.

Jingtai paused his hand holding the chess piece and said lightly:

"Please invite the Grand Commander in."

"Yes."

Not long after, Xiao Jing walked into the Imperial Garden alone. Seeing the emperor and National Teacher Puxian playing chess, he clasped his fists and said:

"Your Majesty."

"National Teacher."

Puxian put his hands together and nodded slightly:

"Grand Commander."

Xiao Jing's strength was indeed far inferior to him, but in terms of official position, he was not lower than him, especially since he also controlled the court's first military force agency, which made him dare not underestimate him, and he was basically in an equal state.

"Grand Commander, why are you free to see Us today?"

Jingtai put down the chess piece in his hand and said with a faint smile.

With a wave of his hand, he asked someone to bring a seat for Xiao Jing.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's about Chen Yuan."

Jingtai frowned almost imperceptibly:

"We will think about the matter of the Heavenly Character Envoy again. There is no need to rush."

"Your Majesty, this is not why your subject is here."

Xiao Jing stepped forward a few steps and sat beside him.

"Then why?"

Jingtai raised his eyebrows, a little curious.

Seeing this, Xiao Jing took out Xiang Qianfeng's head from the Mustard Seed Sumeru space treasure and suspended it in the void and said:

"Please take a look, Your Majesty. This person is the elder of the former dynasty's Xiang clan, Xiang Qianfeng. He was killed by Chen Yuan in Qingjiang Lake today. Your subject has confirmed it, and there will be no mistake."

"Oh?"

Jingtai was immediately startled. With a wave of his hand, he sucked the head to his body and stared at it carefully:

"This person was killed by Chen Yuan? If We know correctly, Xiang Qianfeng seems to be at the Refinement Spirit realm, right..."

"Your Majesty is right. This person is indeed at the Refinement Spirit realm and has even reached the peak."

"Then how can Chen Yuan have the ability to kill him?"

"Today..."

Xiao Jing repeated what Chen Yuan had said, which made Jingtai's eyes deep and he did not speak for a while.

"Your Majesty, can you let this poor monk take a look at this thing?"

Puxian became interested.

"National Teacher, feel free to look at it."

Puxian's eyes flashed with golden light, and he carefully scanned the head. He couldn't help but frown. The burn marks on it seemed a bit familiar...

"National Teacher, can you see anything?"

Jingtai saw that he frowned and thought that he had seen something wrong.

Puxian said softly:

"This fire is extraordinary. I didn't expect the Wuan Marquis to be proficient in the art of formation. However, this person's identity is indeed a member of the Xiang family."

"How did you come to this conclusion?"

"Under this poor monk's Celestial Eye, this thing has nowhere to hide. I can see that there was Xiang family divine blood in it, but now this divine blood has disappeared without a trace. It's really a bit strange."

The top figures in the Jianghu knew some of the Xiang family's secrets, including the famous Xiang family divine blood.

"It should have been annihilated in the formation." Xiao Jing said lightly.

(End of chapter)