56: Chapter 56 Do you recognize me?

The arrival of Leng Yuexi immediately caused the previously dejected civil and military officials of Fenglin Kingdom to once again display ecstasy on their faces, and their previously hunched backs unconsciously straightened.

"Could this be... the Leader of Xuanyin Sect where Her Highness the Eldest Princess resides?" a Vice Minister of Personnel from Fenglin Kingdom looked at Leng Yuexi in front with awe.

"It must be. Just now, Her Highness the Eldest Princess called out to that Leader!" A slightly plump Marquis of Fenglin Kingdom beside him also clenched his hands excitedly. "Hmph! With her here, these envoys from Great Xia can only slink back to Great Xia in disgrace."

Behind these two, a Guard Commander with a slightly pale complexion and unsteady footsteps stared fervently at Leng Yuexi. However, he was standing too far back, and no one noticed him.

Jiang Qianjue, the Emperor of Fenglin Kingdom, did not hesitate at all. He abruptly withdrew the Imperial Jade Seal he had been offering halfway and then passed it behind him.

A eunuch attendant nearby hurriedly bowed and stepped forward, took the seal, and placed it on a tray covered with bright yellow silk.

He straightened his chest and looked down from a high position at the group of Great Xia envoys who had just been representing the victors.

"Emperor of Fenglin Kingdom! What is the meaning of this?! Today is the ceremony for Great Xia to accept the surrender of Fenglin Kingdom. Are you going back on your word?!" Among the Great Xia mission, a thin, middle-aged official, forcefully enduring the pressure on his body, stared fixedly at Jiang Qianjue.

Before Jiang Qianjue could speak, Leng Yuexi's icy eyes had already shifted from Princess Jiang Rou and landed directly on that Great Xia official.

"Noisy."

She gave a soft snort, and another wave of pressure descended.

"Bang!" The Great Xia envoy's legs could no longer support him, and he involuntarily knelt heavily to the ground. However, even so, he still gritted his teeth and held on. From the day he became an envoy of Great Xia, it was impossible for him to easily bow his spine.

"Lord Su!" A guard in the mission shouted and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

However, just as he was about to move, he felt an identical, immense force pressing down on him, causing his feet to sink half an inch into the ground. Let alone helping his colleague up, he himself was almost forced to his knees.

Lord Su gritted his teeth and stared fixedly at Leng Yuexi. "I... do not know who Your Excellency is... but today you have insulted my Great Xia. This insult... all of Great Xia... will surely remember!"

"Great Xia?" Leng Yuexi's eyes were filled with indifference. "A small country tucked away in the Eastern Region, and you dare to clamor before me? Since you are so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, tomorrow I will personally go to your Great Xia and behead your Emperor!"

"Presumptuous!" Upon hearing this, Lord Su's expression suddenly changed. Somehow finding a burst of strength, he shouted loudly, "My Great Xia has Prince Jin presiding over it; how can we allow you to be so rampant!..."

Before the other party could finish speaking, a cold light suddenly surged in Leng Yuexi's eyes, and a chilling killing intent slowly emanated from her body.

She gently pushed away Princess Jiang Rou in her arms, grabbed with her right hand, and the crimson long whip was already in her grasp.

Without any unnecessary movements, she flicked her jade wrist, and the long whip lashed down fiercely toward the top of Lord Su's head!

If this whip were to strike, let alone a body of flesh and blood, even refined iron or stubborn stone would be ground into powder.

Lord Su's pupils constricted, and a bone-chilling cold suddenly appeared on his body, but there was not a hint of fear in his eyes: "The backbone of Great Xia, better to break than—"

The word "bend" had not yet left his lips!

The space in front of Lord Su seemed to twist slightly, and a figure dressed in a black Dragon robe appeared, as if out of thin air, blocking in front of him.

The person who arrived only casually raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread.

"Snap!" A crisp sound echoed.

The tip of that crimson whip had actually been casually grasped in the palm of that figure!

At the same time, the pressure weighing down on the Great Xia mission instantly dissipated into nothingness.

Who else could it be but Xia Jin?

"Your Highness!" "Prince Jin!" Upon seeing the person clearly, all the Great Xia envoys were moved to tears, as if they had found their backbone. They stood up one after another and bowed to Xia Jin.

"You are, the Leader of Xuanyin Sect?" Xia Jin gently let go, releasing the tail of the whip, and then looked the other party up and down.

When Xia Jin saw Leng Yuexi's face clearly, a trace of surprise could not help but flash in his eyes.

In his expectations, the Leader of Xuanyin Sect, who could command a top force in the Central Region and whose cultivation had reached the Spirit Wandering Realm, would definitely not be very young. Yet the person before him looked to be only around thirty, and most importantly, the aura she exuded showed absolutely no signs of decay.

"Could it be that this Leader of Xuanyin Sect's cultivation talent is a once-in-a-century occurrence? Otherwise, how could she have entered the Spirit Wandering Realm while being so young!?" Xia Jin couldn't help but frown.

One must know, if not for the help of the System, he would likely have only just stepped into the Xiaoyao Heavenly Realm by now.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side, the moment Leng Yuexi saw Xia Jin's face clearly, her delicate body actually trembled imperceptibly!

Her indifferent eyes, at this moment, flashed with a multitude of complex emotions in an instant: shock, astonishment, disbelief. Her gaze was locked tightly onto Xia Jin's face, as if trying to confirm something.

The two sides just stared at each other like this, lasting for a full ten breaths.

Suddenly, a trace of anger and hatred flashed across Leng Yuexi's face.

She took a deep breath, parted her red lips slightly, and spat out two words: "It's... you?!"

??? Once these words were spoken, everyone present instantly froze.

The originally somewhat noisy square quieted down in an instant, and one could only faintly hear the deliberately lowered breathing of the crowd.

The members of the Great Xia mission looked at each other in dismay.

A few breaths later, several young officials of the Great Xia mission standing slightly further back couldn't help but whisper to each other.

"Listening to that tone... could Prince Jin be an old acquaintance of this Leader of Xuanyin Sect?"

"But looking at Prince Jin's expression, he doesn't seem to know her, right?"

"It's impossible that he doesn't know her. Look at her gaze; it is clearly..."

Not far away, after Jiang Qianjue, the Emperor of Fenglin Kingdom, recovered his senses, he hurriedly tugged on the sleeve of his daughter, Princess Jiang Rou, beside him. "Rou'er, this... what exactly is going on? How is it that your Revered Master and that Prince Jin of Great Xia know each other...?"

At this moment, even the highly intelligent Princess Jiang Rou was completely bewildered. This was the first time she had seen such a complex expression on her Revered Master's face.

"I don't know either!" Princess Jiang Rou shook her head, her gaze moving back and forth between Xia Jin and her Revered Master, as if trying to discern something.

Meanwhile, Xia Jin, who was opposite Leng Yuexi, frowned again after carefully recalling his memories.

In his own memories, he should have never met this Leader of Xuanyin Sect before.

"Do you recognize me?"