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"How is this possible?"

Madam Lu stared blankly at her own body, her soul indeed in the state that cannot be mistaken. The instant she was crushed into meat paste, she distinctly felt the familiar power of reincarnation.

But why, why am I in such a place?

Why... is he also here?

"Don’t you recognize me?" Shen Yiyun asked with a smile.

"You... why are you here?"

"That’s an interesting question to ask..." Shen Yiyun chuckled as he glanced around. "Although it’s newly established and a bit rudimentary, this is after all my turf. Why can’t I be here?"

"Your turf? Path of Yin and Yang?" Madam Lu was stunned.

"This is not the Path of Yin and Yang." Shen Yiyun put away his smile and corrected her seriously: "This place... is the netherworld of Nanming Prefecture, I’m sorry, but on the lands ruled by my master, there is no Path of Yin and Yang!"

"How is this possible?" Madam Lu repeated blankly for the second time.

"Incredible, isn’t it? But it has indeed happened..." Shen Yiyun took out a black ledger, and with a light movement of his hand, the ledger automatically flipped to a certain page: "Oh, Aro, right?"

Madam Lu: "....."

This name... it should not be known to others in this world!

The name... was given by the King of Qin!

From the King of Qin taming her to her being married off to Lumings, only five people knew her real name back in those days. And those three, they should not have disclosed it to the outside world, as for the King of Qin and Lumings, even less so.

Why does he know it? How does he know it?

"Earth Dragon Cave, Asura Serpent Race, the second heir of the Great Serpent Country, now the wife of the Duke of Qin!"

"You..." Madam Lu’s face showed even greater shock: "You... know of the Great Serpent Country?"

"Oh, I don’t actually know..." Shen Yiyun shook his head: "It’s just what is written here. I am not interested in your origins, but the records here never err."

Madam Lu stared blankly at the ledger in his hand, her eyes filled with an inexplicable expression. What was that thing that could track a person’s movements?

"I’m not interested in your origins. What interests me more are your sins..." Shen Yiyun flipped through the ledger, his narrowed eyes gleaming with an icy light, his tone gradually becoming colder: "It really is shocking, tell me, how should I punish you to fully redeem your sins?"

Madam Lu: "..."

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"Ke’er, are you alright?" Chen Ying looked at the little girl whose complexion had turned dark, her eyes revealing a hint of pity.

"I’m fine..." the little girl stubbornly shook her head: "I must... find mother..."

Seeing this, Chen Ying hesitated to speak.

A girl in her early teens who could hold on for so long even after being poisoned, her endurance could put many grown men to shame. The reason for this was her concern for her mother’s life.

But Chen Ying knew of Madam Lu’s reputation as the most venomous woman in the whole world. The girl’s mother had committed the act that woman abhorred the most. How could there possibly be a good ending?

Thinking about the terrifying end that befell her master’s relatives, the little girl would probably collapse instantly if she saw it!

But to find Lumings, they could not do without this little girl!

Inside the barrier, the ice-cold power was extremely harmful to the body.

Being a top martial artist, Lumings could naturally force his way through, but he had to burn his vital energy to resist the cold.

If Chen Qing guessed right, if Lumings was not waiting in the restaurant, he must be forcing Madam Lu’s subordinates to find Yun Yuye.

To find Yun Yuye, he must use his vital energy to protect those subordinates of Madam Lu, which included the Serpent Demons afraid of the cold, and pass through together.

The energy produced by his burnt vital energy was highly incompatible with the ice and snow energy in the Array, creating a very special confrontation.

However, such an energy reaction would be nearly impossible to detect immediately in the vast Nanming Prefecture.

The only possibility was Yunke’er, with her Innate Spiritual Eye.

She, being extremely sensitive to energy, had been observing abnormalities in the Array since the morning under Chen Qing’s guidance, even making a demonstration herself. It’s fortunate that the little girl could endure; even with the poison not fully neutralized, she persisted until now.

"They’ve stopped, they’ve stopped!" Yunke’er pointed to a position in the southwest.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ying immediately took the little girl up high into the sky: "Where?"

"There, that white house over there!"

After hearing this, Chen Ying didn’t hesitate and pointed towards the spot. A bright ray of light instantly shone high above the white house, and in the next instant, a white shadow rapidly headed in that direction!

Chen Ying could see it was Chen Qing!

"They’re running, over there!" The little girl quickly pointed to a restaurant a hundred yards away.

Chen Ying, upon hearing this, also did not hesitate, pointed again, and as the restaurant lit up, the figure in the sky swiftly adjusted its course.

Meanwhile, Princess Chang and her group, who had come out with them, were closely following but found they couldn’t catch up right away.

"This Chen Qing, such incredible speed!" exclaimed the youngest son of Duke of Wei, his eyes wide in astonishment.

"It’s not speed, it’s a technique!" snorted the Duke of Wei. "This fellow, with such capability, is actually proficient in both magic and martial arts? Could he be from Ancient Desolation Country?"

Upon hearing this, the Princess Royale let out a cold laugh, "If Ancient Desolation Country had someone like him, your northern border would have been in trouble long ago!"

"Why is he running around mid-air all the time?" the Duke of Wei’s youngest son couldn’t help but ask again.

"Of course he’s chasing someone!" the eldest son patiently explained. "Only, I wonder how Chen Qing has managed to lock onto the other person’s location. If the other party keeps fleeing and not fighting, in at most a quarter of an hour, even a Super First Rank Warrior will see their strength greatly diminished in this cold. And even if the other party chooses to confront him directly, within this Array, Chen Qing has a way to avoid the cold, while the other doesn’t.

If they cannot defeat Chen Qing in short order, they would fall into a disadvantage. It’s truly a deadlock!"

"A deadlock?" Duke of Wei suddenly laughed. "That will depend on whether Chen Qing can withstand the short duration you speak of. Not to mention that vicious woman from the Lu Family, Lumings’s strength is recognized as second to none in the world. Don’t think that Chen Qing can really defeat Lumings with the little capability he has shown.

Remember, the gap between those beyond Super First Rank. .. can be huge!"

The eldest son was taken aback and just about to ask a question, when Elder Shen of the Shen Family, who was at the front, suddenly came to a halt.

No one dared to run ahead of this person’s status, but he was bold enough to expose his back to the Princess Royale.

"He has stopped..." Elder Shen looked up and said.

Upon these words, everyone turned their gaze and saw that hundreds of yards away in mid-air, Chen Qing stood with his hands behind his back, staring emotionlessly downwards. Clearly, down below, an overwhelming vitality was brewing an astonishing momentum.

The Princess Royale couldn’t bother waiting anymore and directly leaped to a higher vantage point, soon spotting the face she hadn’t seen in two years.

"Oh, it really is him!"

The rest of the group also leaped onto rooftops within moments, looking down.

Directly below Chen Qing, a group of women in black huddled together, and right at the center, brewing his vitality, was the ever-elusive Lumings!

"Who would have thought..." Duke of Wei’s eldest son lamented with a sigh, "Such a figure, to be driven to such a desperate situation."

Just two years ago, the Lu Family was the premier Duke Family of the Great Jin, powerful enough to rival the Royal Family. Yet in just a short span of two years, the tables have turned. The once foremost Duke is now being chased like a rabbit, unable to escape.

The garrison from the West Sea was devoured almost to the last by the monster from the Shen Family; the three hundred thousand-strong army brought from the Capital City was annihilated by the Princess Royale’s cunning strategy.

All alone, having even lost his wife, yet he was still figured out and pushed into such a dire situation. .. truly the last stand of a hero.

"Driven to a corner?" the Princess Royale’s cool voice rang out. "That depends on whether the young man has the capability to do so."

She and the Duke of Wei held the same opinion: Lumings, even in decline, had strength that remained undeniable.

When she had conspired against him, taking the initiative with a sudden strike to severely wound him, she had not dared to fight him to the death.

Instead, she had forced him into a trap in Yunzhou.

And now, Chen Qing seemed intent on capturing Lumings himself, in front of everyone!

This kid... is really overconfident!

"Are you Chen Qing?" Lumings looked up, exhaling a breath of cold air, and asked loudly.

"I’ve seen the Duke of Qin." Chen Qing performed a cursory salute as a formality.

"Quite the strategist..." the Duke of Qin looked up. "My wife hasn’t appeared up to now; she must have been taken down by you, right?"

"That would be the case." Chen Qing nodded.

What does he mean by ’that would be the case’?

The Duke of Qin frowned, but still managed to keep his composure and asked, "I’m very curious, how did you do it? With the Flying Star Bottle in her possession, there shouldn’t be anyone in the world capable of capturing her nowadays!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing glanced at him, a shadow flickering in his eyes.

The people of the Lu Family not only possessed the Flying Star Bottle but also knew its name.

However... the Flying Star Bottle was originally only in the blueprints and had not been patched in. More importantly, the name Flying Star Bottle had been in Chen Qing’s mind at the time; he clearly remembered not having told anyone about it!

What in the world... is going on?

Putting his doubts aside, Chen Qing still answered the other’s question, "I used a little trick, leading your wife to believe that the bottle contained a chill even more terrifying than the outside. Hence, she dared not hide inside the bottle."

He had Yunke’er to thank for this. With her Innate Spiritual Eye, even the flow of energy inside the Flying Star Bottle was crystal clear to her.

By using compressed Ice Jade to create the chill and tracking the energy paths to determine which channel she used for eating and drinking, they could use their own Flying Star Bottle to send the cold to that spot.

By making Madam Lu misjudge and believe that the entire space inside the Flying Star Bottle was under their control, it was a psychological ploy.

"Is that so?" Lumings chuckled upon hearing this. "That woman has never been outwitted before, yet she never expected to take such a fall at Lord Chen’s hands. Lord Chen is indeed extraordinary."

"You flatter me, Duke of Qin." Chen Qing replied indifferently.

Lumings glanced around Chen Qing before his gaze settled on Xuu Hu, not far behind him, and he laughed, "So this is the God of Battle Xuu Hu who defeated Weichi Peng, isn’t it?"

Xuu Hu bowed his hands, "I’ve seen the Duke of Qin, my lord."

"So... Lord Chen intends to take down this duke with his help?"

"No..." Chen Qing shook his head, descending slowly from high above, landing less than fifty meters opposite Lumings: "Xuu Hu is to entertain our guests. The junior himself will have the honor of experiencing the Duke of Qin’s skills!"

Everyone: "...."

Everyone, including the Princess Royale, had not expected Chen Qing... to actually challenge Lumings to a one-on-one fight?