After listening to Qin Yunyi's words, everyone looked at each other and kept silent.

Qin Yunyi's confidants came forward and dragged Qin Yunshang away. Everyone looked at Qin Yunshang being dragged away, knowing that Qin Yunyi was warning them.

Qin Yunshang's words "legitimate son" were reminding him that there was more than one young master in Mingluan Palace.

In fact, Qin Yunchang's mother was the legal wife, but she died early. Later, Qin Yunyi's mother became the legal wife, making Qin Yunyi the eldest daughter.

Qin Yunyi's action was to warn them that even if Qin Yunshang was the young master, she was only in the Spirit Transformation Stage, which was far from being able to transcend the tribulation. She understood their thoughts.

However, this beating obviously did not have much effect on the three people who were transcending tribulation and reaching the state of transformation.

Mingluan Palace has survived to this day thanks to the big tree Qin Fenglie. Everyone comes here to take shelter under the big tree. You can help, but if you want to risk your life for them, that's another matter.

Now that Qin Fenglie is dead, Qin Yunyi is left to maintain order. But when Qin Yunyi comes up, he will face Hua Xiangwan who has Xie Changji's support. These two can kill Qin Fenglie with one sword. If everyone present tries their best, there may be some chance of winning against them. But Hua Xiangwan only wants Qin Yunyi, so why should they fight to the death?

Anyway... Hua Xiangwan might not know what happened back then.

Even if she knew that there were many people involved in this incident, they would at most get a piece of the pie, and Hua Xiangwan would not kill everyone in the entire Western Territory. The law does not punish the masses, and as long as Hua Xiangwan still wants to be the Demon Lord and still cares about Hehuan Palace, she will not really pursue it.

It's perfect to stand by and watch, using Qin Yunyi as a stone to test Hua Xiangwan's attitude.

Qin Yunyi scanned everyone's thoughts one by one and understood what they meant.

These people have ulterior motives. If they were willing to help together today, Qin Fenglie probably wouldn't have died.

The hateful thing is that if they ran away, she would be dead if she stayed, so she had to run.

In the end, Qin Fenglie was left alone with Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji, and died in Hehuan Palace.

She stared at everyone, writing down the account line by line, but she spoke tentatively: "Everyone, my father's body is still in Hehuan Palace. What do you think we should do?"

"Young Master," Chen Shun frowned slightly when he heard this, "Hua Xiangwan has already entered the stage of transcendence, and the Palace Master has... We thought that Young Master might as well give in?"

"Submission?"

Qin Yunyi turned to look at Chen Shun with a smile on his face: "Left Envoy Chen, how do you think I should surrender?"

"The feud between Hua Xiangwan and the young master is nothing more than the young master's kidnapping," Chen Shun thought seriously, and indeed seemed to be helping Qin Yunyi. "Young master, why don't you write a letter to express your apology, prepare some gifts, and visit in person with the two pieces of the Demon Lord's blood order in your hands to show your sincerity. Let's see what conditions Hua Xiangwan has, and then we can talk."

"Left Envoy Chen is right," Zhao Nan echoed, "Now our Mingluan Palace disciples are still in Hehuan Palace, and their vitality is also seriously damaged. There is no point in fighting any further, so it is better to seek peace. Hua Xiangwan's goal is the position of Demon Lord, as long as the young master gives in, she should not make it difficult."

"What if she's in trouble?"

Qin Yunyi's eyes fell on Zhao Nan. Zhao Nan hesitated for a moment, then immediately expressed his opinion, saying seriously: "If Hua Xiangwan goes too far, then I will never watch the young master being humiliated. Mingluan Palace will fight them!"

"Yes," Wang Chun, one of the three elders, also urged, "Young Master, go and try it first. If Hua Xiangwan is really that excessive, we will not allow others to bully us!"

Qin Yunyi was relieved after hearing these words. She looked at everyone and sighed, "I feel relieved after hearing these words from the elders. I will write a letter to apologize to Hua Xiangwan and see if I can restore the relationship between the two palaces."

As she spoke, she bowed to everyone and said respectfully, "My uncles, my father is gone. I will have to rely on you elders to help me support Mingluan Palace in the future. I am still young, so if there is anything wrong, I hope you uncles will point it out and forgive me."

Seeing Qin Yunyi's sincere entrustment, everyone felt guilty. After exchanging pleasantries, Qin Yunyi saw that everyone was tired, and sighed, "Uncles, everyone was tired last night, why don't you go and rest first."

Everyone said goodbye after hearing what was said. Qin Yunyi watched them leave and called out to Chen Shun who was about to leave: "Right Envoy Chen, please stay!"

When Chen Shun heard Qin Yunyi's voice, he turned his head and saw a look of reluctance in Qin Yunyi's eyes. He glanced at everyone and stayed alone.

Zhao Nan turned his head to look at the two of them, thinking about something, then slowed down his pace and walked out slowly.

After everyone in the hall had left, Chen Shun asked respectfully, "Young Master, why did you keep me here?"

"Right Envoy Chen," Qin Yunyi looked at Chen Shun standing in the hall, sitting on a high seat, with a sad face, "My father is gone."

Hearing this, Chen Shun was a little confused about what Qin Yunyi meant, and said carefully: "Young Master, please accept my condolences."

"Uncle Chen also told me the same thing when my mother passed away."

Chen Shun froze when he heard this.

Qin Yunyi recalled what happened back then and said slowly, "If I remember correctly, when Uncle Chen first came to Mingluan Palace, he was carrying a lot of blood debts. My father didn't want to take him in, but my mother begged my father to let Uncle Chen stay."

"Madam, I will never forget your kindness." Chen Shun understood what Qin Yunyi meant after hearing what she said. "Chen Shun will not betray the young master. Please forgive me."

"I'm not worried about that," Qin Yunyi walked down from the platform and came to Chen Shun. She sighed and looked worried, "I'm worried about other people."

"What does the young master mean?"

Chen Shun frowned slightly, and Qin Yunyi turned to look at Chen Shun: "In Mingluan Palace, not everyone is as loyal as Uncle Chen. Compared to me, they value a comfortable life more. With Qin Yunshang here, they can rest assured as long as they appoint another young master. So, if Hua Xiangwan really wants to kill me, they will support Qin Yunshang without hesitation and help Hua Xiangwan kill me."

"Young Master, are you worrying too much?"

Chen Shun's heart skipped a beat when he heard Qin Yunyi say this. This was indeed what everyone was planning, but he didn't expect that Qin Yunyi would tell him and ask him for help.

It is not easy for a monk to cultivate. Qin Yunyi's mother did a favor to him. If he could help Qin Yunyi, he would naturally help. But if he had to risk his life for Qin Yunyi...

Chen Shun lowered his eyes and advised Qin Yunyi: "Hua Xiangwan doesn't necessarily have to take the young master's life."

"I'm worried."

Qin Yunyi stared at Chen Shun: "They are all fence-sitters. Instead of letting them decide whether to protect me or not, let me decide my own fate."

"What on earth do you want to do, young master?"

Chen Shun frowned, not quite understanding. Qin Yunyi smiled and reminded him, "I hope you can help me."

"What?"

"I practice Chaos Dafa," Qin Yunyi raised his eyes, his expression clear, "I want Zhao Nan."

Chen Shun was shocked when he heard this. He stepped back subconsciously, but Qin Yunyi grabbed him and said, "You are the strongest cultivator in Mingluan Palace. Zhao Nan is only second to you. If you and I join forces, it will be no problem to kill Zhao Nan. I practice the Chaos Technique, which can transform other people's sword power into my own. Just give me a Zhao Nan, and I can kill Hua Xiangwan."

"Young Master," Chen Shun whispered, "You are crazy, Zhao Nan is one of us!"

"I can open the treasure house of Mingluan Palace to you and let you choose whatever you want."

Qin Yunyi spoke, and Chen Shun stood there in a daze.

The reason why the Three Palaces and Nine Sects attach so much importance to bloodline inheritance is that each sect has its own treasury, and those who are not bloodline inheritors cannot enter the treasury.

The magic weapons in the treasure house were collected by the sect over generations and are not available to ordinary cultivators.

Opening the treasure house directly to him would be a great temptation to any monk.

Seeing Chen Shun wavering, Qin Yunyi continued to persuade him: "You and I will join forces to kill Zhao Nan. There is no risk. I know you are afraid of death. As long as Zhao Nan dies, I will kill Hua Xiangwan myself. If I win, you will still be Chen Zuoshi; if I lose, you can surrender to Hua Xiangwan, Chen Zuoshi," Qin Yunyi said temptingly, "This deal is a win-win for you."

"But..." Chen Shun couldn't figure it out, he frowned, "Even if you can beat Hua Xiangwan, what about Xie Changji?"

"Xie Changji?" Qin Yunyi smiled slowly after hearing this. "Then we have to take a gamble and see what our Demon Lord thinks," Qin Yunyi said with a cold expression.

Hearing the word Demon Lord, Chen Shun suddenly understood: "You mean, the Demon Lord will help you?!"

Qin Yunyi looked at Chen Shun with a smile but did not answer.

Chen Shun thought about it for a moment and realized that what Qin Yunyi said was right. He could indeed bet on both sides.

If it were any other time, Qin Yunyi would never allow it, but now she is desperate and has no one to rely on except him.

Chen Shun thought about it for a while, then looked up at her and said, "Swear that if it works, you will open the treasure house to me."

"Okay," Qin Yunyi smiled, "I swear to the heavens, if I can kill Hua Xiangwan, after the task is accomplished, I will open the treasure house for Chen Zuoshi."

After hearing Qin Yunyi's oath, Chen Shun felt relieved and nodded: "Okay, then I will ask Zhao Nan to come out tonight and we will attack together."

After a brief discussion, the two men left the hall and went to prepare themselves.

After the two men left, Zhao Nan, who was standing in the corridor, crushed the insect in his hand and immediately turned around and left.

He quickly came to the dungeon. Qin Yunshang was throwing stones and counting the time in the dungeon. Suddenly, she heard a scream from outside. Qin Yunshang turned around and saw Zhao Nanchong rushing in. He raised his hand and split the cell with a sword. He grabbed Qin Yunshang and said anxiously, "Second Young Master, the Young Master wants to kill you. Come with me!"

Qin Yunshang was stunned, her mind racing. She had never expected that the situation would develop faster than she had imagined. She pretended to be stunned and shocked: "What?! My sister wants to kill me?! She really wants to kill me?"

"It's too late," Zhao Nan said hurriedly, "Second Young Master, are you still in touch with Young Master Hua? I'll take you away now and take refuge in Hehuan Palace!"

"You're leaving with me?"

Qin Yunshang was stunned. She had not expected Zhao Nan to betray her so thoroughly that even his usual tactfulness was gone.

But she immediately realized that Qin Yunyi must want to kill Zhao Nan, and Zhao Nan wanted to avoid disaster, so he tried to trick her.

But this was exactly what Qin Yunshang wanted, so she quickly declined, held Zhao Nan's hand, and said solemnly: "No, Right Envoy Zhao, I can't implicate you, just let me out of the palace, and I'll go to Hehuan Palace by myself!"

"How can I do this?" Zhao Nan's face changed when he heard this, and he began to talk nonsense, "Second Young Master, to tell you the truth, I was very angry about the matter of the First Madam. Not long after the First Madam passed away, the Palace Master promoted Qin Yunyi and her daughter to be the legal wives, completely disregarding the relationship between husband and wife. However, I am a lowly person and cannot do anything for the First Madam and the Young Master. Now that life and death are at stake, I hope the Young Master will give me a chance to make up for my regrets!"

"You..." Qin Yunshang's face was full of emotion and surprise, "You actually..."

"Young Master!" Zhao Nan glanced outside and urged, "It's too late, hurry up and leave!"

"Okay," Qin Yunshang nodded and held Zhao Nan's hand. "Right Envoy Zhao, let me tell you the truth. In fact, Young Master Hua told me that as long as I am willing, she can support me to become the Palace Master of Mingluan Palace. She specially gave me a teleportation array so that I can use it when I am in danger. Now the teleportation array is restricted by the Mingluan Palace barrier. Please ask Right Envoy Zhao to open the barrier and we can directly use the teleportation array to leave."

Opening the barrier of a palace from the inside was not difficult for a cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage like Zhao Nan. He nodded immediately and raised his hand to condense spiritual energy. Qin Yunshang immediately opened the magic circle. Zhao Nan had been gathering energy for less than a moment when Qin Yunyi's pressure caught up with him. Zhao Nan's face changed, he raised his hand, and chopped down with a sword!

The barrier of Mingluan Palace was broken in an instant. Qin Yunyi raised his sword and chopped it down from a high place. Qin Yunshang grabbed Zhao Nan and jumped into the teleportation array. The two jumped into the teleportation array and disappeared in an instant.

Qin Yunyi and Chen Shun looked at the two people who disappeared with extremely ugly expressions.

Chen Shun felt a little uneasy for a moment and turned to look at Qin Yunyi: "Zhao Nan ran away, what should we do?"

Qin Yunyi held the sword, her chest rising and falling. After a moment, she forced a smile: "It's okay."

She turned around, holding the sword, and said coldly, "It's all the same."

******

Qin Yunshang grabbed Zhao Nan and fell straight down from the teleportation array. Soon they appeared in Hehuan Palace.

At this time, Hua Xiangwan, together with Xie Changji, Hu Mian and others, had just met with Yucheng Sect's leader Yu Ming and Puppet Sect's leader Gui Can.

After the news of the battle between Mingluan Palace and Hehuan Palace spread, the leaders of the two sects immediately rushed over with gifts to surrender.

The Puppet Sect originally belonged to Qingle Palace. Now that the Wen clan members are here, he naturally came to pay a visit to Hua Xiangwan.

After Gui Can arrived, he didn't say much. He just expressed his loyalty to Hua Xiangwan, and then went to find Gong Shang Jiao Yu and meet the Wen family members.

The situation of Yucheng Sect is much more complicated. It was originally a sect under the jurisdiction of Hehuan Palace and is good at refining weapons. In the past, Mingluan Palace was powerful and Yucheng Sect was forced by Qin Fenglie to refine weapons for Mingluan Palace for two hundred years. Now, hearing that Hua Xiangwan successfully passed the tribulation and killed Qin Fenglie together with Xie Changji, how could it sit still? It returned with gifts at night to apologize and told Hua Xiangwan about its difficulties for the whole afternoon.

Hua Xiangwan listened quietly, but didn't say much. Finally, she just looked at Hu Mian and asked with a smile, "Senior Sister, how are you doing in Yucheng Sect?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Ming was a little stunned. Hu Mian felt embarrassed, touched his nose, coughed lightly and said, "Very good."

Yu Ming was completely confused. Hua Xiangwan nodded, then looked at Yu Ming affectionately and said gently, "Master Yu, don't worry too much. I know the situation back then. You were also forced to do so. It was Hehuan Palace that couldn't protect its subordinate sects. I won't arbitrarily anger you, Master Yu."

"Young Master..."

Yu Ming felt a little uncomfortable with what was said and couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

Before he could say a few more words, Lingnan rushed in from outside: "Young Master!"

"What's the matter?"

Hua Xiangwan looked up and saw Lingnan suppressing his joy. She glanced at Yuming, walked forward, and whispered in Hua Xiangwan's ear, "Second Young Master Qin is back with Zhaonan."

Unexpectedly, Qin Yunshang came back so quickly and brought back the right-hand man of Mingluan Palace. Hua Xiangwan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but she quickly calmed down, turned her head to look at Yu Ming, smiled and said: "Master Yu, I have some important matters to deal with first. Please go back to the guest room to rest and we can talk another day."

At this moment, Yu Ming didn't dare to say anything more. She just nodded and bowed quickly, gave the flowers to Xiang Wan and left.

Hua Xiangwan led Xie Changji to the guest room. As soon as they entered, they saw Xue Zidan applying medicine to Qin Yunshang. Xie Changji immediately turned around and walked out.

Xue Zidan didn't hide anything. In his eyes, the man in front of him was like a grown man. While applying medicine to Qin Yunshang, he praised her: "Amazing! You've only been gone for one day, and your injuries have gotten so much worse. You have a bright future!"

"Hey, stop talking nonsense," Qin Yunshang saw Hua Xiangwan coming in and looked at Xue Zidan impatiently, "Are you done?"

"You don't need to take medicine in this state."

Xue Zidan put away the bandage and talked to Hua Xiangwan who was sitting next to him about the situation: "She is very lively. It doesn't matter if you talk to her all day and all night. I'm going to leave first."

Having said that, Xue Zidan put away the medicine box and walked out.

As soon as he went out, he saw Xie Changji standing guard at the door. He was startled and subconsciously dodged to the side. Then he quickly glanced at Hua Xiangwan and found some comfort.

Xie Changji would not kill him in front of Hua Xiangwan.

He knows it very well.

He tried his best to move himself back into Hua Xiangwan's sight, but as soon as he stepped back, the door closed with a click.

The door completely blocked Hua Xiangwan's sight, leaving him alone in the cold wind to look into Xie Changji's eyes.

He felt like a rabbit being stared at by a snake and shuddered for no apparent reason.

He stood still, and Xie Changji looked at him, also without moving.

After a long time, Xie Changji suddenly asked, "What's the matter with the scar on her chest?"

Hearing this, Xue Zidan's alarm bells rang.

The experience of being tricked last time made him cover his mouth immediately. He took a step back and said vaguely, "Ask her yourself."

"Have you seen it?"

Xie Changji's expression remained unchanged, but Xue Zidan suddenly felt that the surroundings had become colder, and the person in front of him seemed to be standing on ice and snow. If he took one more step forward, he would be dragged to death.

He subconsciously wanted to retort, he had seen everything about her.

But for the sake of his own safety, he chose to endure.

"I'm a doctor."

He emphasized: "In the eyes of doctors, there is no difference between men and women."

"Really?"

Xie Changji's voice was very calm. Xue Zidan nodded desperately, and was just about to express his innocence when he heard Xie Changji ask, "So when you wanted to be with her, did you not distinguish between men and women?"

Xue Zidan: “…”

After a moment, he decided not to talk to this psychopath. It seemed like he would be doomed no matter how he talked.

He took out a pen and paper from the medicine box, quickly wrote down a prescription, and passed it to Mr. Xie.

"Xie Daojun, you should be open-minded. Take more medicine and be in a better mood. Don't be so depressed. If you want to care about this, you have to find Wen Shaoqing first..."

"He's dead."

Xue Zidan was choked by this. He endured it for a while and finally asked, "Has it been buried? If it has been buried, it is not impossible to dig it out later."

As he said this, he stuffed the prescription into Xie Changji's hand, carried the medicine box on his back, turned around and trotted away.

Xie Changji held the prescription and thought about Xue Zidan's words.

Scar did know that, whether it was for detoxification or other purposes, Xue Zidan must have been involved in this matter.

Xie Changji stood in the corridor, thinking quietly, while inside the room, Hua Xiangwan looked at Qin Yunshang, who was newly wounded, and picked up a cup of tea: "Why did you come back so suddenly?"

Hua Xiangwan got straight to the point and asked curiously, "Did Qin Yunyi discover your identity?"

"It's almost done." Qin Yunshang pulled up her clothes slowly and talked about the situation in Mingluan Palace. "I hinted to the elders that you and Qin Yunyi only had a personal grudge, and as long as Qin Yunyi was handed over, you would forgive the past. These cowardly old guys immediately planned to push me to the top, and Qin Yunyi couldn't stand it, so he locked me up."

"Didn't he kill him directly?"

Hua Xiangwan smiled, Qin Yunshang picked up the tea and took a sip: "Don't you expect me to order something good every day?"

"I just don't trust her."

Hua Xiangwan explained, Qin Yunshang finished her tea and nodded: "She did want to kill me, but the others saved me. I was the one they were betting on. How could they let Qin Yunyi kill me before the game started? Qin Yunyi also saw it, so she asked me to go to the dungeon first, and then she and Chen Shun wanted to kill Zhao Nan and absorb Zhao Nan's cultivation to level up to deal with you. As a result, Zhao Nan overheard this, and he came to me, saying that he wanted to save me. But I got the words out of him on the way just now."

"Zhao Nan?"

Listening to Qin Yunshang's words, Hua Xiangwan laughed, "She practices Chaos Dafa, and it is true that her cultivation increases faster by absorbing other people's cultivation. But even if she can deal with me, what about Xie Changji? Can she do that too?"

"Zhao Nan said that she seemed to be planning to let the Demon Lord deal with Xie Changji."

Hua Xiangwan paused for a moment, then blew on the teacup and shook her head, saying, "That's impossible."

"I guess so," Qin Yunshang propped up her chin, "She doesn't trust anyone. I think she plans to kill Zhao Nan first, and then kill Chen Shun after she becomes stronger, just like Minghuo."

"But Minghuo has already done it, so she's afraid it won't be smooth sailing."

Hua Xiangwan propped up her chin and said, "The Yin Yang Sect didn't expect that the Sect Leader would attack them, and they were caught off guard. The old monsters in Mingluan Palace are all spirits. Zhao Nan ran away, and I'm afraid the others will run away too."

"It doesn't matter. They raise the pigs, and you just sit back and reap the benefits. Anyway, I only have two goals."

Qin Yunshang said, raising her head and looking at Hua Xiangwan: "Becoming the Palace Master, and——"

She stared at Hua Xiangwan with a look of scrutiny in her eyes: "Wang Xiu."

Hua Xiangwan listened to her words and lowered her eyes slightly.

Qin Yunshang moved closer to her and stared into her eyes: "The plan remains unchanged, right?"

"Why do you always ask me that?"

Hua Xiangwan laughed when she heard her ask again.

Qin Yunshang looked at her and said, "Because you are changing."

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything, and the two women sat in silence in the room.

After a while, Hua Xiangwan said, "It has changed."

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at Qin Yunshang: "I plan to live, but——"

Before Qin Yunshang could speak, she interrupted her and said, "Other than that, nothing changes."

Qin Yunshang didn't say anything, so Hua Xiangwan spoke solemnly: "Second Senior Brother will survive. Yunshang," she persuaded her, "He will survive."

Hearing this, Qin Yunshang slowly gathered the emotions in her eyes: "Okay. Then you get ready. When are you going to Mingluan Palace?"

"Give the disciples some time to recuperate, and give Qin Yunyi some time to go crazy. As long as the people from Mingluan Palace escape, we can go through."

Hua Xiangwan stood up and said, "You should have a good rest too. I'm leaving now."

Having said that, Hua Xiangwan turned and walked out.

She opened the door and saw the sky in the courtyard was covered with dark clouds. Xie Changji looked up at the dark clouds with a calm expression.

Hua Xiangwan closed the door and walked over to him. The two of them were silent. After a while, Hua Xiangwan remembered something: "You have been busy with me all day today, and you didn't even go to see the disciples of the Tianjian Sect. You are their great-uncle, so it would be unreasonable for you not to go and see them, right?"

"You don't like the dark clouds tonight?"

Xie Changji seemed not to have heard her words and turned to look at her.

Hua Xiangwan knew that he didn't want to talk about the Heavenly Sword Sect, so she held his arm and said, "Come on, I'll go with you to see them."

"Wanwan," Xie Changji didn't move. He reminded her, "I'm no longer a member of the Heavenly Sword Sect."

Hua Xiangwan stopped walking and saw Xie Changji standing in the corridor. He didn't show any expression, but for some reason, Hua Xiangwan vaguely felt that an inexplicable sadness was overflowing from him.

He looked at her and reminded her again: "I almost went crazy in front of them."

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything. She looked at Xie Changji, who seemed like an immortal carved from jade. He seemed completely unaware of the emotions contained in her words.

She looked at him quietly, and after a while, she took the initiative to reach out, hugged his waist, and leaned in his arms.

"Thank you, Changji," she said in a soothing voice, "I'm glad you think so."

Xie Changji didn't understand what he was saying. Hua Xiangwan listened to his heartbeat and said sincerely, "I am not the only one in your world. I am very happy."