Mr. Su is absolutely fine.

After leaving the City Lord's mansion, Su Ming walked while deep in thought.

He could not figure out why the Sword Pavilion would publicly claim to have caught the real thing when they had clearly captured a fake holder of "immortal blood."

The Sword Pavilion had stood in the Reincarnation Sword Realm for a long time and had executed many "immortal blood" holders.

In his divination of heavenly secrets, ever since Su Ming began coming into contact with the Peerless Sword Cultivator Secret Realm, apart from the one time he befriended an "immortal blood" holder, he had always snuck in after observing the Sword Pavilion's executions.

In other words, the Sword Pavilion definitely possessed the means to perceive holders of "immortal blood."

That was why they were so certain they had not caught the wrong person.

But this did not explain why "immortal blood" had appeared in Lin Zhaodi.

The "immortal blood" in her was also the genuine article.

"What on earth is going on..."

There has always been only one portion of "immortal blood"; how could two appear in this generation?

Could it really be because of Lin Zhaodi?

If Lin Zhaodi were an orphan adopted by Lin Family Village, Su Ming could lean toward the twin theory.

It is a classic trope where the protagonist's older sister enjoys a life of luxury and is doted on by the male lead, while the supporting character younger sister suffers in the shadows, only for the latter to decide to take revenge on her sister after discovering their true identities due to the unfairness of fate.

But Lin Zhaodi was born into a proper family, and she was the only child, so the matter of twins was out of the question.

"Forget it, there are too few clues on hand right now. Continuing to think about it will not yield the real answer. I will wait until I see the Sword Pavilion's 'immortal blood' holder."

Casting aside the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Su Ming looked at the surrounding shops.

He then walked into a dessert shop and bought some sweet pastries to take back for Lin Zhaodi.

After returning to the small courtyard, Chen Chuan finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Su, you have finally returned."

During this time, he had felt quite uncomfortable being watched by Shen Ming.

Although there was a huge gap in their Realms, it did not help that Shen Ming had someone backing it.

Su Ming beckoned to Shen Ming, and the latter obediently crawled back to his wrist, transforming once again into a purple-black bracelet.

Chen Chuan sensed it carefully several times but still could not perceive the aura of Shen Ming, and he could not help but sigh in his heart.

"Mr. Su's methods are truly formidable. The Vicious Beast is clearly right there, yet I cannot sense its spiritual power, and as for sensing Mr. Su, I can only detect the spiritual power fluctuations of the Nirvana Realm..."

He could already imagine how much those who treated Su Ming as being in the Nirvana Realm would suffer.

"Since Mr. Su has returned, I will not disturb you any further." After saying this, Chen Chuan returned to the City Lord's mansion at top speed.

He had to go and confirm what exactly Su Ming and Hu Xing had discussed.

Halfway there, he received a voice transmission from Hu Xing, telling Chen Chuan to return as soon as possible as he had important matters to discuss with him.

Chen Chuan dared not delay and tore through space to arrive at the City Lord's mansion.

"Lord Hu, what exactly did you discuss with Mr. Su?" Chen Chuan could not help but ask.

"Mr. Su and I have reached an agreement; we will work together to resist the Sword Pavilion."

"What?!"

Chen Chuan was shocked. Resist the Sword Pavilion?

He knew all the words, but why could he not understand them when put together?

As Hu Xing recounted the details, Chen Chuan realized the severity of the problem.

Their Hang City was indeed caught in the middle between Su Ming and the Sword Pavilion, and in the end, Hu Xing, the City Lord, had chosen Su Ming's side.

Chen Chuan could already guess that this was the decision their City Lord had made after seeing Su Ming recover his vision.

Hu Xing could not help but sigh: "I hope the decision I made is not wrong..."

"Lord Hu, your choice is absolutely correct..." Chen Chuan thought of what he had seen earlier and said mysteriously: "I do not know if Lord Hu noticed the bracelet Mr. Su wears every day?"

Hearing him say this, Hu Xing recalled that when he saw Su Ming, the other party was indeed wearing a black bracelet.

"Does that bracelet have any mysteries? Could it be some kind of powerful Magic Treasure?"

Chen Chuan shook his head and said: "That bracelet is not a Magic Treasure, but a Vicious Beast! Its true form is a Peak Star Realm Reincarnation Dragon Centipede."

"Is this true?!" Hu Xing found it incredible.

If what Chen Chuan said was true, then Su Ming carried the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede with him most of the time, yet he had not noticed at all.

"I saw it with my own eyes, every word is true! Lord Hu, have you not noticed? Every time Mr. Su appears, he deliberately fixes his cultivation aura at the Nirvana Realm. This precisely shows that his ability to conceal his Realm is extremely strong! Neither I nor you, not even the Sword Cultivators of the Sword Pavilion, can perceive it."

"I highly suspect that Mr. Su's cultivation may have already reached the Half-Step Immortal stage."

Chen Chuan's speculation was well-founded, and after hearing it, Hu Xing's face beamed with joy.

If the other party was really at the Half-Step Immortal stage, then his choice was absolutely correct; it was completely a case of one person attaining the Dao and their followers rising to heaven.

As for the Sword Pavilion... it was common knowledge that the Sword Pavilion Master, Jian Changgeng, had been stuck at the Void Realm Peak for many years.

The further one cultivated, the more distinct the barriers between Realms became.

Unless one was a Peerless combat Genius, it was almost impossible to kill enemies across minor Realms within the same major Realm.

Crossing major Realms was not even worth thinking about.

A Half-Step Immortal fighting someone at the Void Realm Peak—even a pig could easily gore Jian Changgeng to death.

But amidst his excitement, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Hu Xing, and he thought of the master and disciple, Yuan Tiangang, who had come to report to him earlier.

He remembered that the other party had said it was a beast-taming Cultivator controlling a Reincarnation Dragon Centipede who had slaughtered a village and taken away the person holding the "immortal blood."

How did this sound... exactly the same as Su Ming's situation?

The other party had a Reincarnation Dragon Centipede, and he also had a child with him who was suspected of holding "immortal blood."

When he first saw Lin Zhaodi, if it had not been for the news from the Sword Pavilion, Hu Xing would have really treated her as an "immortal blood" holder and executed her on the spot.

However, if Hu Xing had really done that, then Hang City would have had to change its City Lord more than half a month ago... No, wait, whether Hang City would even exist was another matter.

"Impossible, Mr. Su is definitely not a problem." Hu Xing blurted out subconsciously.

"Lord Hu? Is there a problem with Mr. Su?" Chen Chuan asked, puzzled.

"Oh, it is nothing, I was just thinking about the divisive letters from the Sword Pavilion and feeling some emotion."

"Letters?" Chen Chuan could not help but become curious: "May I take a look?"

Chen Chuan was someone he trusted, so Hu Xing did not hide it and handed him the two letters.

After reading the content, Chen Chuan was furious: "How absurd! This Sword Pavilion is clearly trying to eliminate dissent!"

"Mr. Su is definitely not a problem; this Sword Pavilion is completely sowing discord!"