The Xie Family fell into utter chaos.
The big tree had stood tall but then toppled, setting a record for the shortest establishment of a Jiang City family.
Innumerable cultivators investigated the scene yet failed to uncover any valuable clues; it was a death by sword, but weren't there millions who wielded swords in the Cultivation World?
Such vendettas were absolutely forbidden on Anhe Daoist Sect's territory, but ever since the southwest convened to discuss the Dao, some long-standing rules had begun to slowly relax, cohesion was lost, and the Daoist Sect became difficult to lead.
The focus of investigation ultimately zeroed in on internal strife within the upper echelons of the Anhe Daoist Sect because more than one servant heard the words "Chong Ling" very clearly, the implication of which was self-evident—an independent faction sending an assassin for retribution.
