Zhou Heng truly wanted to explode into action and kill this woman with a single sword strike, an opponent of the Initial Separation Realm's cultivation level which he didn't regard at all!
However, with Nangong Hong present, it was impossible for him to succeed, and moreover, such action would equate to rebelling against the Cold Blue Country, a trouble he didn't want to engage in at the moment. Of course, if an opportunity arose, he wouldn't mind quietly snuffing out this malicious woman's life.
"The reason this mission is entrusted to you is naturally sensible!" Nangong Hong waved his hand, signaling Orchid Concubine not to interject, "The Liu Yue you need to rescue is a very important person to our sect!"
"The reason only you are to act is due to an unspoken rule among the nations, where any martial artist above the Land Cleaving Realm entering another country must report, or it will be seen as an invasion, sparking a war!"
