55: Chapter 55 Let me see who dares to bully my Xuan Yin Sect disciples!

Sure enough, only two days had passed.

In the Central Region, at the Xuanyin Sect headquarters, atop a sheer peak.

Granny Sun stepped onto the last black stone stair, her chest heaving slightly.

She had been traveling at full speed for these past two days, rushing from the Eastern Region to the Central Region. Even with her cultivation at the Eighth Stage of the Xiaoyao Heavenly Realm, she felt her Meridians throbbing with pain, and she was somewhat exhausted.

"Hah! Finally here!" Granny Sun let out a long breath and looked toward a pavilion not far away.

She could faintly see a figure in a purple palace dress sitting in the pavilion, seen from behind.

"It seems the Sect Master is indeed here!" Granny Sun did not hesitate and walked directly toward the pavilion.

When she reached the edge of the pavilion, she stopped, then sighed helplessly.

Inside the pavilion, the figure was holding a slender carving knife, carving a piece of wood.

On the ground, dozens of palm-sized wood carvings were scattered about.

However, without exception, all these wood carvings had been neatly snapped in two.

Although these wood carvings varied in form, a closer look revealed that they all depicted the faces and figures of men.

"Sect Master!" Only after the wood carving in the other person's hand was finished did Granny Sun call out from outside the pavilion.

As Granny Sun's voice rang out, the person in the pavilion stopped her movements. She slowly turned around, her gaze landing on Granny Sun.

It was a face that looked about thirty years old, with the unique charm of a mature woman in her brows and eyes. However, the coldness in her eyes made one feel that strangers should keep their distance!

This person was none other than the current Sect Master of the Xuanyin Sect, Leng Yuexi.

"Granny Sun, what brings you here?" Leng Yuexi did not feel any surprise at Granny Sun's arrival.

But when her gaze swept past Granny Sun's side and she did not see that familiar figure, she suddenly frowned.

"Hmm? Where is Rou'er? Why didn't she return to the Xuanyin Sect with you!?"

"Sect Master!! This old woman was just about to report this to you..." Granny Sun felt the surrounding temperature drop by several degrees instantly. Not daring to hesitate, she immediately recounted everything that had happened at the Fenglin Imperial Palace in detail.

After Granny Sun finished speaking, Leng Yuexi's face still remained expressionless, but snowflakes seemed to drift around the pavilion.

"Crack... snap..."

Immediately following this, a series of dense sounds came.

The broken wood carvings on the ground silently turned into puffs of powder. When the mountain wind blew, they dissipated without a trace.

"Hmph!"

"To dare to coerce my Personal Disciple, you certainly have guts!" Leng Yuexi slowly stood up, and the vast pressure belonging to an expert of the Spirit Wandering Realm was no longer concealed and was released with a boom.

The clouds and mist on the peak rolled violently and retreated in all directions.

"A mere prince of a Dynasty tucked away in the Eastern Region dares to be so presumptuous. Does he really think there is no one in my Xuanyin Sect? I will go and see for myself what kind of three heads and six arms this so-called Prince Jin has, and what capabilities he possesses!"

Her fair right hand made a slight grasping motion toward the outside of the pavilion.

"Hum—!"

A crimson light shot over and landed steadily in her palm.

A long red whip suddenly appeared in her hand. The whip seemed to have a life of its own, and it immediately coiled automatically around her slender waist.

"Hmph! I will head to the Fenglin Kingdom myself! Granny Sun, you remain to guard the headquarters."

After dropping these words, Leng Yuexi moved slightly, already transforming into a purple streak of light, soaring into the sky and speeding toward the direction of the Fenglin Kingdom in the Eastern Region.

"Rest assured, Sect Master!" Granny Sun bowed deeply toward the departing figure.

...

Almost at the same time Leng Yuexi set off, in the capital of the Fenglin Kingdom in the Eastern Region.

The envoys of the Great Xia Dynasty had already taken up residence at the local post house.

Tomorrow was the day the Fenglin Kingdom would officially surrender to the Great Xia Dynasty.

Inside the residence where Xia Jin was temporarily staying, after Eunuch Wei poured a cup of tea for Xia Jin, he spoke up: "My Lord, our Great Xia mission has arrived and is settled at the post house in the east of the city. Tomorrow at the hour of the Snake, the surrender ceremony will be held at the Taiji Hall of the Fenglin Imperial Palace. Do you have any further instructions?"

Xia Jin glanced at the chessboard in front of him, picked up a black piece, and placed it gently on the board, then a smile appeared on his face.

"Hmm! I know. Everything will proceed according to the previous plan."

He shifted his gaze from the chessboard to Eunuch Wei. "Tomorrow is the day Fenglin Kingdom surrenders. I believe we will soon see a good show."

Eunuch Wei hesitated for a moment, then leaned in closer and whispered: "My Lord, what if the people from the Xuanyin Sect do not come tomorrow? Wouldn't our waiting be in vain..."

"Not come?" Xia Jin interrupted him and shook his head. "They will definitely come."

He reached out to pick up the teacup in front of him, took a shallow sip, and continued: "Little Wei, do you know that on that day at the Fenglin Imperial Palace, near that Princess, there was another aura hidden?"

Eunuch Wei was startled: "There was someone else that day?"

"That's right!!" A sharp light flashed in Xia Jin's eyes. "The owner of that aura, although not having stepped into the Spirit Wandering Realm, I can be certain that their strength far exceeds that of the previous Yuheng Sect Sect Master, Qiu Changtian!"

"In the Eastern Region, there shouldn't be such a powerful existence. If I am not mistaken, that person should be from the Xuanyin Sect."

As he spoke, he stood up and walked to the desk, looking at the booklet in front of him containing information about the Xuanyin Sect.

"To have such a powerful guard by her side, it seems that this Princess's status in the Xuanyin Sect is likely not as simple as just being the Personal Disciple of some Elder!"

Eunuch Wei gasped, his expression changing slightly.

"Tomorrow's Fenglin Imperial Palace." Xia Jin looked toward the imperial palace, his tone carrying a hint of anticipation. "I, for one, am looking forward to it."

...

Fenglin Imperial Palace, the square in front of the Taiji Hall.

All around, a group of civil and military officials of the Fenglin Kingdom stood with their heads bowed, dressed in court attire. However, their faces were all somewhat unsightly at this moment.

And standing at the very center, the Emperor of the Fenglin Kingdom, Jiang Qianjue, had a complexion even gloomier than water.

Opposite him was a group of Great Xia envoys, all wearing smiles.

The two sides formed a stark contrast.

Princess Jiang Rou stood behind Jiang Qianjue, her gaze drifting from time to time toward the sky in the southwest, which was the general direction of the Xuanyin Sect.

As time passed little by little, there was still no movement from that direction. This couldn't help but make her gradually feel a bit disappointed.

Could it be... that they still wouldn't make it in time?

"...Presenting the Imperial Seal to submit, forever to be a subject of Great Xia, obeying the orders of Great Xia..." The voice of the Master of Ceremonies echoed across the square, reading the humiliating letter of surrender.

The Emperor of the Fenglin Kingdom, Jiang Qianjue, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He slowly raised the Imperial Seal in his hand, preparing to hand it over in the direction of the Great Xia envoys.

But, at the very moment the Imperial Seal was about to leave his hand—

"Hmph!"

A cold voice rang out directly in everyone's ears!

A dazzling purple light suddenly descended into the center of the square, landing right between Jiang Qianjue and the Great Xia envoys!

"Boom—!"

The moment it landed, a circle of cold air suddenly spread out.

A vast, abyss-like pressure crashed down upon the members of the Great Xia mission!

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

The members of the Great Xia mission with weaker cultivation immediately had their knees go weak, and they uncontrollably knelt to the ground.

"Mas... Sect Master!" Princess Jiang Rou's voice carried irrepressible excitement. She ran quickly down the steps and threw herself toward that purple figure.

Princess Jiang Rou hugged the person's waist tightly.

Leng Yuexi's originally cold face softened slightly the moment she made contact with her Disciple in her arms.

She raised her hand and gently patted Princess Jiang Rou's head. "Rou'er, it's alright now."

Immediately after, she raised her head and her gaze swept across the Great Xia mission members opposite her, whose faces were unsightly.

"With me here, let me see who dares to bully my Xuanyin Sect Disciple!"