The guy was sweating profusely by now, and he felt the situation was getting increasingly difficult to control.

Although I don't know why Yehenara Xiongba went to such great lengths to bring Xia Xiang back to be his granddaughter, even if she were his own granddaughter, he probably wouldn't tolerate her directly asking for the Supreme Ring.

"Hahaha—" A hearty laugh broke the tense atmosphere.

"As expected of my granddaughter Yehenara Xiongba, I am relieved to have the Yehenara family in your hands." Yehenara Xiongba said with satisfaction, "Take it if you want it, the entire Yehenara family will be yours in the future."

Xia Xiang raised an eyebrow, feigning hesitation, and stood still.

"What? You don't dare to take it anymore?" Yehenara Xiongba raised an eyebrow and asked her.

"Of course not, it's just that you really don't have any other grandchildren living away from home?" Xia Xiang asked, somewhat puzzled, and then explained, noticing his pale face.

"What I mean is, if you have other grandchildren, and they come back to fight me for them, I won't consider that little bit of blood relation."

"...No," Yehenara Xiong Ba thought for two seconds and then said decisively.

But in his heart he thought, "Your brothers and sisters are all kind-hearted and upright people, unlike you, who are clearly the embodiment of light, yet your heart is as dark as his."

"Then thank you, Grandpa~" Xia Xiang ran inside with small steps, extending her well-defined knuckles to Yehenara Xiong Ba.

Yehenara Xiongba rolled his eyes at her and put the ring on her thumb.

"Bye-bye~" Xia Xiang said and ran out.

The guy followed with his head down, but was stopped by Yehenara Xiong Ba—

Xia Xiang, overjoyed with her new ring, went out to show it off to everyone she met, and then had someone take her to Gulaier's house.

When Xia Xiang arrived, Lanling Wang was making desserts with his fiancée.

"Bingxin, I told you you couldn't escape my grasp, hehehe—" Xia Xiang laughed lewdly, leaving Bingxin speechless.

Lanling Wang instinctively stood in front of Bing Xin, but upon seeing Xia Xiang for the first time, his expression instantly turned incredulous.

It's her! The little girl who defeated him in the forest?! She's from the Yehenara family? Then why is she hanging out with those two righteous brats?!

"Cough," Bingxin cleared her throat, reminding Lanling Wang.

"So this is Lanling Wang," Xia Xiang said, tilting her body to look at Bing Xin behind Lanling Wang and winking at her.

"Yes, Miss Yu Ying."

Lanling Wang blurted out, "Aren't you... Xia Xiang?"

"Hmm?" Xia Xiang picked up the hand wearing the Supreme Ring and gave him a thumbs up.

Unexpectedly, the person immediately knelt down on one knee to pay their respects, which startled Xia Xiang. She could only signal Bing Xin to help the person up.

When the three of them arrived at Lanling Wang's study to talk, Lanling Wang was still completely bewildered, constantly guessing at various possibilities.

When Bingxin saw the Supreme Ring, she was no longer as familiar as when they had met before, and her face was full of wariness.

"What I told you before still stands," Xia Xiang said earnestly.

"You two knew each other before?" Lanling Wang's guard against Xia Xiang relaxed slightly.

"Yeah, we met when we were discussing how to kill you," Xia Xiang said with a wicked smile.

Lanling Wang didn't believe it at all, but he didn't know where to begin asking.

“She was the one who brought you back from your last mission,” Bingxin said, glancing at Lanling Wang and then at Xia Xiang.

"Alright, I think you've seen the ring on my hand too." Xia Xiang awkwardly took off the Supreme Ring and casually put it into the Emperor Jiang Ring.

Then he rubbed his somewhat stiff face, his expression returning to its usual indifferent yet serious state.

The old thief is very shrewd; if she makes even a slight miscalculation in her micro-expression, she could very well be restricted from personal freedom.

Of course, the old thief couldn't imprison her, but all the suffering she had endured before would have been for nothing.

"Every word I'm about to say must be kept secret from a fourth person, understand?"

Lanling Wang and Bingxin exchanged a glance, then nodded simultaneously.

The three of them talked a lot inside, with Xia Xiang doing most of the talking and Bing Xin providing analysis from the side, while Lanling Wang's expression grew increasingly solemn.

Xia Xiang is the eldest young master's daughter, and she has already been recognized by the sect leader. She also possesses the Supreme Ring, which symbolizes the sect leader. Why would she rebel? Furthermore, the sect leader actually wants to kill him! He couldn't believe it, but he had no choice but to believe it.

However, since the Supreme Ring has already been given to Xia Xiang, she is now the new sect leader. She has simply taken power ahead of schedule, so it doesn't count as usurpation...

Xia Xiang knew that Prince Lanling was loyal, but he was definitely not a stubborn and blindly loyal person. Moreover, he had the military power of the Holy War Guard, so he was naturally her best ally.

Lanling Wang still looked completely shocked, and Xia Xiang had no choice but to hand the matter over to Bing Xin to handle.

She believed that Bing Xin also knew that this was the best way to protect them.

Just as Xia Xiang was about to leave, Lanling King's loyal servant came to report that the sect leader was looking for Xia Xiang, and even Mei Lianping was waiting outside.

"There are just too many things to do every day!" Xia Xiang looked up at the sky speechlessly, then turned to the two of them, "You two better manage your expressions."

After the three of them left, Lanling Wang adopted an expression of unavoidable respect for Xia Xiang, while Bing Xin was also very respectful, but looked worried.

"Peace, you'd better have something to say!" Xia Xiang said, her face full of displeasure.

“Miss Yu Ying, the sect leader has urgent business with you. Please return with me as soon as possible,” He Ping said, bowing.

"Okay," Xia Xiang said, seeing his serious tone, and decided to cooperate for once.

During the journey, Heping started chatting with Xia Xiang again.

“Miss, I see that Lanling Wang is not very convinced. Should I report this to the sect leader and punish him?”

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