Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

"You mean the sixth prince of the Great Qian Dynasty and that white-haired old man?" Xia Jin glanced at Guan Heng's trembling fingers, a smile appearing on her face. "Of course, I killed them!"

"What!? The Sixth Prince and the others are dead?" Guan Heng's eyes widened involuntarily, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

My biggest backer is gone... What should I do next?

No, I can't just sit here and wait to die, or I'll surely die today!

Guan Heng's eyes darted around, and in an instant, he made a decisive move. With a loud "clang," he threw the broadsword in his hand far away, and his knees buckled, causing him to kneel down on the ground with a "thud."

"My lords! My lords, please understand! I... am absolutely not in league with that Sixth Prince! I was merely... was simply doing my job for money, ordered to escort Emperor Fenglin here!"

"I'm just a lowly errand boy, I know nothing! Please, gentlemen, have mercy on me and let me go!"

That's right, Guan Heng is gambling!

He bet that Xia Jin and the other woman didn't know his identity, because on the day of the surrender ceremony in Fenglin, he had hidden at the very back. Apart from a few people inside the Fenglin Palace, he believed that no one recognized him.

However, Xia Jin gave a half-smile upon hearing this.

He walked straight up to Guan Heng, squatted down in front of him, and gently patted the other man's embarrassed face.

"Oh? You're saying you're just doing things for money?" Xia Jin's voice held a hint of amusement. "Then your clothes... are quite interesting."

As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed Guan Heng's black outer robe by the collar and yanked it down sharply!

"Sizzle!"

Beneath the other person's black clothes, one could clearly see that they were wearing the inner uniform of a palace guard from the Great Qian Dynasty!

Guan Heng froze, a few drops of cold sweat appearing on his forehead.

Xia Jin slowly stood up, looking down at him condescendingly: "Do you want to continue making excuses, or do you want me to slap you into mincemeat?"

After saying that, he gently patted a blue stone wall not far away.

boom!!!

With a deafening roar, the mountain wall, several meters thick, shattered instantly, revealing a terrifyingly large hole with a diameter exceeding ten meters.

Guan Heng was so frightened that his teeth were chattering. If that palm strike were to land on him, wouldn't that be...?

"My lord! My lord, spare my life! I'll tell you everything! I'll tell you everything!" He hurriedly kowtowed frantically to Xia Jin, "Whatever you ask, I'll tell you everything I know! I just beg you to spare my life!"

Xia Jin looked at Guan Heng calmly, "Background."

Guan Heng dared not hesitate and quickly revealed his identity: "I... no, I am Guan Heng, the Left Captain of the 'Shadow Guard' under the Sixth Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty. I was ordered to monitor the Fenglin Imperial Palace. This time, I received a secret order from His Highness to kidnap Emperor Jiang Qianjue of Fenglin in order to force the Cold Sect Leader..."

"The Left Captain of the Xuanying Guard?" Xia Jin shook his head slightly, his tone tinged with disdain. "This is a petty official; he probably doesn't know much. What use are you? It's better to kill you."

Upon hearing this, Guan Heng panicked and quickly cried out, "Useful! My lord! I am useful! I have served the Sixth Prince for many years, and I know everything about his privately managed treasure troves, the distribution of his secretly cultivated forces, and the list of his spies planted in various countries! Keeping me alive is far more valuable than killing me, my lord!"

He speaks extremely fast, as if afraid that if he speaks too slowly, he will miss his chance.

"Is that so? What a pity... I don't even want any of these!" Xia Jin sneered, raising his right hand, ready to strike.

"Wait! Husband!" At this moment, Leng Yuexi suddenly stopped Xia Jin. "Keeping this person alive might still be useful!"

A cold glint flashed in her eyes, and she took out a pill the size of a longan.

"Swallow it." Leng Yuexi threw the pill on the ground in front of Guan Heng. "We will spare your life for now."

"However, I can tell you! After taking this pill, you must take an antidote once a month to suppress the cold poison; otherwise, the cold will attack your heart, causing you to suffer for seven days before dying. Are you willing?"

Guan Heng looked at the pill on the ground, a struggle flashing across his face.

But seemingly sensing the fleeting killing intent in Xia Jin's eyes, he gritted his teeth: If you don't submit, you die; only by living can you have a future!

He grabbed the pill, didn't even glance at it, and shoved it into his mouth, swallowing it whole. Then he kowtowed again to Leng Yuexi and the other woman, saying, "I am willing! Thank you for sparing my life, sir! From this day forward, Guan Heng will be your most loyal dog, at your beck and call!"

Leng Yuexi snorted coldly: "Remember what you said. Since the Sixth Prince destroyed my Xuan Yin Sect, I will take everything he possessed."

Xia Jin looked at Guan Heng's outwardly respectful but still somewhat evasive eyes and sneered inwardly.

With a slight thought, a wisp of almost imperceptible silver lightning from his fingertip quietly entered the other person's body, condensed near the heart, and transformed into a tiny seed of lightning that lay dormant.

"Talk is cheap," Xia Jin said. "I've left something 'little something' inside you. Come see me at the Great Xia Dynasty's palace within ten days. Remember, I want to see your sincerity then!"

Guan Heng felt a slight tingling in his chest. He trembled all over, daring not to voice any objection, and kowtowed heavily through gritted teeth: "Yes! I understand! Within ten days, I will definitely go to the Great Xia Imperial Palace to report back to Your Highness! I will absolutely not dare to delay!"

"Get lost." Xia Jin waved her hand.

Guan Heng felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He immediately got up, disregarding his disheveled state, and fled frantically towards the mountain gate, disappearing into the dense forest in the blink of an eye.

"Let's go!" Xia Jin turned around and took Leng Yuexi's hand, saying softly, "Now that the Xuan Yin Sect has been destroyed, you will come back to the Great Xia with me! But before that, let's bring Jiang Qianjue back to the Fenglin Palace first, as a way to give your disciple an explanation."

Leng Yuexi nodded, taking one last deep look at the former Xuan Yin Sect, a trace of sadness flashing in her eyes.

Xia Jin shook her head, lifted Jiang Qianjue with one hand, and the three of them transformed into streaks of light, heading towards Fenglin Kingdom.

As they departed, a flame ignited within the Xuan Yin Sect, and soon the towering flames completely annihilated this once top sect in the Central Region!

……

On the other side, Guan Heng didn't know how long he had been running until he felt completely exhausted, at which point he stopped in a desolate valley.

He slumped to the ground against a huge rock, panting heavily.

But at this moment, his eyes were filled with resentment and bitterness.

"Damn it!! I never thought this sixth prince was such a waste! He's supposed to be the sixth prince of the mighty Great Qian Dynasty! Yet he can't even handle a mere prince of the Great Xia Dynasty!!"

"Luckily, I was quick-witted, or I would have almost died here!!"

Guan Heng clenched his fist tightly and punched the boulder next to him, smashing it into dozens of small stones.

"Now that I've been forced to take that pill, and who knows what that Prince Jin has planted in my body! From now on, I'll be at his mercy!" He could only sigh helplessly in the end.

From a dignified Left Captain of the Great Qian Xuan Ying Guard, he was reduced to a slave under the control of others, his life and death in the hands of others. This dramatic fall from grace nearly drove him mad.

"However, this Prince Jin is truly terrifying! Although the Sixth Prince was a good-for-nothing, his protector was a genuine top-tier expert! I never expected that he would also perish at the hands of Prince Jin!"

Guan Heng recalled the sight of the white-robed old man's corpse at the Xuan Yin Sect not long ago, and a chill ran down his spine.

"Every cloud has a silver lining! If we can get in touch with Prince Jin this time, it might not be a bad thing!"

"In ten days... I must go to the Great Xia Imperial Palace to report back to Prince Jin!"

"We need to act quickly. The things left behind by the Sixth Prince... are now my pledge of allegiance. But I can't take them down by myself in a short time!" Guan Heng's face immediately darkened.

But soon, a figure of exceptional elegance flashed through his mind.

"Wait... the Sixth Prince's mother should be in Wuzhou City nearby right now. If we could capture her and hand her over to Prince Jin, perhaps..."