As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life

Upon seeing Nan Lihuo, Xi Xi immediately retracted her fists and performed a greeting that was both deft and somewhat comical.

”Come, Xi Xi, let your mentor see.”

”Your mentor was in retreat earlier and failed to foresee this event; it was my oversight,” Nan Lihuo said gently.

He took a step that shrank the ground beneath him and appeared beside Xi Xi.

His two fingers joined to form a sword point and touched Xi Xiʼs forehead. His powerful divine sense took a tour and then withdrew.

”No harm, not tainted by the Corpse Curse Mark, good news.”

Nan Lihuo heaved a sigh of relief.

Sang Guanyin, standing by his side, also finally relaxed her tense, pretty face.

If the master said there was no problem, then there definitely was none, especially since the masterʼs cultivation was of the Primordial Aspect Realm, standing at the pinnacle of Divine Ministers, with a divine sense beyond her imagination.

He was a grandmaster on the same level as the Temple Administration Governor, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory Inspector, and the Prefect of the Golden Light Prefecture!

In the distance,

Li Che and Li Qingshan approached side by side.

Upon seeing Nan Lihuo, Li Che paused, recalling the speculation Li Qingshan had shared with him. He knit his brows slightly.

But he quickly adjusted his feelings, his face taking on the same gentleness as Nan Lihuoʼs.

Li Che paused again, instinctively touching his face.

Li Qingshan, however, was an old actor; he remained calm in front of Nan Lihuo, despite his suspicions.

Nan Lihuo caught sight of Li Qingshan and Li Che but didnʼt care much. It was understandable since Li Che was brought back from Fei Lei City by Li Qingshan, indicating a close relationship.

”Master Li, it was my negligence this time. I was in retreat and had not anticipated that the Corpse God Cult would be deranged enough to involve a child in their assassination plot,” said Nan Lihuo gently, his voice giving off a reassuring springtime breeze.

Li Che felt quite uncomfortable though he always smiled gently; but once he wore the Bull Demon Mask, he would become unruly, arrogant, insane, and malicious...

Master of the Leaving Fire Sect... Could he be similar to him?

Gentleness... is just a façade.

”Were you in retreat, Sect Master? We canʼt blame you for this; itʼs really the heinous Corpse God Cult thatʼs despicable! Shangguan Qinglei was tempted by the Corpse God Cult inside the Divine Sect... Sect Master, this matter needs serious attention,”

”Xi Xiʼs safety concerns us, as her parents,” Li Che said earnestly.

Nan Lihuo nodded, ”Rest assured, I will thoroughly investigate this matter.”

Li Qingshan snorted beside him, ”A thorough investigation... Thatʼs easier said than done.”

Nan Lihuo glanced at him.

Your next journey awaits at empire

Li Qingshan immediately plastered a smile onto his face, moving closer to the Sect Master, ”Sect Master, why not leave this matter to me?”

However,

just as Li Qingshan finished his sentence.

A terrifying and majestic Divine Minister aura rolled in from outside Zheng Lei Peak.

”Li Qingshan, are you trying to take over the job of my Flowing Sword Peakʼs Enforcement Hall?”

”Did you ask whether I from Flowing Sword Peak agree?”

The indifferent voice carried a hint of cold ruthlessness.

With dark hair flying and carrying the divinity-suppressing Streamlight Sword, a young man named Xu Jiuqing, an elder of the Flowing Sword Peakʼs Enforcement Hall, clad in white, arrived treading the air.

Behind him, sword qi laced with radiant light, streamed like chains, binding and winding around a middle-aged man as if escorting a prisoner.