"Please speak, Old Lord County. As long as it's within my capabilities, I will definitely not refuse," Mo Wuji said, clasping his fists.

He was sure that Han Sheng'an wouldn't deceive him on such a matter. If he said he had saved him once, then he truly had. This act of saving a life, no matter how easy it might have been for Han Sheng'an, was a tremendous kindness to Mo Wuji.

Han Sheng'an was very satisfied with Mo Wuji's words. "Wuji, I am relieved to hear you say that. In a little over a month, the Xianmen Assembly will be held in Changluo, the imperial capital of the Xinghan Empire. You've interacted with Ning'er, so you should know she's very simple and not as mature as she appears. You managed to survive after the Nine Lives Healing Solution incident, so your ability to handle situations far surpasses Ning'er's. I would like to ask you to stay by Ning'er's side and take care of her until she joins the Xianmen."

Mo Wuji solemnly promised, "Old Lord County, rest assured, as long as I have the ability, I will do my utmost to protect Miss Ning'er."

Han Sheng'an took out a jade hairpin from his pocket and handed it to Mo Wuji. "If you encounter something you cannot resolve and have no way out, take this jade hairpin to the Yue family in Changluo and look for Yue Qiongying."

"Old Lord County, why not give the jade hairpin directly to Miss Ning'er?" Mo Wuji asked, taking the jade hairpin with a puzzled expression.

Han Sheng'an shook his head without answering Mo Wuji's question.

Mo Wuji wasn't one to pry into other people's secrets. Seeing that Han Sheng'an wasn't going to answer, he didn't ask further and carefully put away the jade hairpin.

Han Sheng'an was even more pleased with Mo Wuji's attitude. Taking a sip of tea, he said, "You like drinking tea. I'll have someone send you some good tea later."

Mo Wuji smiled. "Then I thank Old Lord County. Because I haven't been far from home, there are some things I would like to ask you about."

A little tea was nothing to a Lord County, so Mo Wuji simply didn't refuse.

"Haha... Ask whatever you want," Han Sheng'an gestured.

"I've heard that this place isn't just our Xinghan Empire; there are other empires as well?" Mo Wuji had wanted to ask about this for a long time but hadn't found the right person. Han Sheng'an was knowledgeable and a Lord County of a fiefdom, so he should know more about these things.

Han Sheng'an replied, "As far as I know, there are five great empires: the Tianshang Empire, the Zizhou Empire, the Qianyang Empire, the Xinghan Empire, and the Minghan Empire. These five great empires are each protected by five great Xianmen. The Xianmen that protects our Xinghan Empire is the Tianji Temple. For this leap to Xianmen assembly, the Celestial Masters of Tianji Temple will also go to Changluo. I don't expect Ning'er to be able to enter Tianji Temple. I would be very satisfied if she could enter an Earth-grade sect."

"Old Lord County, what is an Earth-grade sect? Is that Tianji Temple the most powerful sect in the Xinghan Empire?" Mo Wuji had heard many things he had never heard before and quickly asked.

"It's normal that you don't know these things. Many people don't, after all, we are just mortals. The sects of the five great empires are divided into three grades. The lowest grade is the Xuan-grade sect, and above that is the Earth-grade sect. In our Xinghan Empire, the highest grade sect is the Quasi-Heaven grade sect. Tianji Temple is a Quasi-Heaven grade sect," Han Sheng'an's tone carried a hint of yearning. Before these sects, he still had to look up in admiration.

Mo Wuji asked again, "Since there are Quasi-Heaven grade sects, then there must be Heaven-grade sects? Why didn't Old Lord County mention them?"

Han Sheng'an shook his head. "I don't know about that. I was also very puzzled back then. Not only the Xinghan Empire, but even the most powerful sects in the other great empires are all Quasi-Heaven grade sects."

"Is Tianji Temple the only Quasi-Heaven grade sect in the Xinghan Empire?"

"It shouldn't be. I once heard by chance that in addition to Tianji Temple, there are other Quasi-Heaven grade sects in the Xinghan Empire. Although I am a Lord County of a fiefdom, I don't know much about these things."

Mo Wuji and Han Sheng'an chatted for several hours. After seeing Han Sheng'an off, Mo Wuji had a rough outline of the five great empires.

After half a day of chatting, Han Sheng'an was even more reassured about Mo Wuji. Just from these few hours, Mo Wuji didn't ask him anything about the North Qin County Kingdom, so he knew that Mo Wuji wasn't an impulsive fellow.

Mo Wuji naturally wouldn't be so idiotic as to ask Han Sheng'an who had plotted to take the North Qin County Kingdom, let alone ask about how Mo Tiancheng had disappeared and why Mo Guangyuan couldn't get the position of King of the North Qin County.

It wasn't that Mo Wuji was naturally cold-blooded and didn't care about this matter. It was because this matter was obviously condoned by Situ Qian, the leader King of Chengyu fiefdom. Perhaps Situ Qian had even interfered secretly. Han Sheng'an casually saying a word to save him didn't cost him anything, and he could remember this kindness, but he couldn't regard Han Sheng'an as someone he could trust.

He was sure that even if he helped Han Ning, if Han Sheng'an had to choose between him and Situ Qian, Han Sheng'an would unhesitatingly choose Situ Qian. Who knew if his questions to Han Sheng'an would reach Situ Qian's ears the next moment? Situ Qian didn't kill him at the time because of his reputation, but it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't kill him later. As long as Situ Qian remembered him, Mo Wuji, he could kill him for any reason, and not even a ripple would be created.

Besides, he would know who had committed the crime when he saw who was the King of the North Qin County. This was obvious, so why ask anyone?

…

Since he went to the Thunder Mist Forest last time to find the Double Leaf Flame Grass, Mo Wuji had not seen Han Ning again.

Mo Wuji was bored, so he bought a machine in Raozhou City. He asked Ding Bu'er to collect all kinds of medicinal herbs and started the days of refining the Opening Meridian Medicine again.

More than a month later, Mo Wuji had refined a full thirty bottles of this Opening Meridian Medicine. Mo Wuji was worried that the person who had plotted against him would make a move when he was about to leave, and he was also afraid that carrying too much medicine would be inconvenient, so he stopped refining.

A few more days passed in a flash. Just as they were about to leave Raozhou, Ding Bu'er came to him. "Wuji, we're leaving Raozhou in two days. Aren't you going to buy something?"

Because of the Thunder Mist Forest incident, Ding Bu'er had become Mo Wuji's best friend in the Han residence, and he was the most casual with Mo Wuji.

"No need, I have enough gold coins." Mo Wuji had no intention of going out at all.

The Mo family's North Qin County Kingdom was being targeted, and he had been poisoned by a poisoned arrowwood and put on Situ Qian's blacklist. At this time, he naturally didn't want anyone to remember that there was a Mo Wuji in the Mo family of the North Qin County Kingdom. It was best if he could leave Raozhou safely and leave this dangerous Chengyu capital.

"Aren't you afraid of being bored? I'll help you get anything you need." Ding Bu'er was already used to Mo Wuji being cooped up in this courtyard.

"No need, just call me when it's time to leave." Mo Wuji waved his hand.

He had prepared everything he needed, and bringing too many things would only make it more difficult to travel.

Two days later, early in the morning, Ding Bu'er arrived at Mo Wuji's residence on time and told him that the young lady had gathered and was ready to leave.