Bang!

Upon hearing this, Lin Shao's heart trembled fiercely!

Though he didn't know why such a fortunate coincidence could fall upon him, he was determined...

"Lin Shao, even if he has to 'dig three feet into the ground,' he must find Song Chai Xin!"

How could he let such an opportunity slip through his fingers?

Immediately, Lin Shao responded solemnly!

At this moment, his thoughts had long departed from here, and he was consumed with wondering where Song Chai Xin might go.

Lin Shao was even prepared to gather the entire Wutong Prefecture Soldiers, spread across the land, to trace Song Chai Xin's whereabouts, and if necessary, even use the Xie Mansion as 'bait'!

Unfortunately...

His plan was well laid.

But,

Plans could never keep up with changes.

...

That night,

Lin Shao was sleeping soundly in Wutong Prefecture, acting as the Deputy Prefect.

A good fortune in his dreams over many years, was realized in an unclear way, advancing to this position. Truly, fate plays tricks on people.

But it didn't matter.

The process wasn't important.

The result was all that mattered!

Just as Lin Shao was feeling joyful, turning his body, and scratching his nose,

he suddenly felt something wet.

It was as if some 'liquid' from above the beams was 'dripping,' falling down.

This made him frown, instinctively sensing something wrong, and quickly opened his eyes to see a grotesque human head hanging from the beam of the Government Office!

The severed neck was dripping blood drops, the itchiness at his nose was caused by this!

Before he could clearly see the terrible head with its glaring eyes staring at him, Lin Shao felt a chill run down his spine, shooting up to his crown!

Immediately, his eyes narrowed, instinctively drawing the Golden Dragon Fire Axe beside him, striking down without thinking!

But the moment he swung it...

He regretted it.

When the head fell from the beam, rolling on the ground, Lin Shao finally realized...who the owner of this head was.

It was...

The legitimate son of the Baoping Grand General, the aristocratic young man he had seen just that day, Jiang Xian!

But how could this be?

He was a Middle-grade Primordial Pill!

And he was protected by two high-level Primordial Pill experts, how could someone remove his head and hang it here in the Wutong Government Office?!

Of all places, why right above his head!

Lin Shao, wearing his night clothes, scrambled out, just as he rushed through the door, he saw under the night sky, the whole 'Wutong Government Office' was ablaze, the air filled with the scent of blood!

Granny Hua, at the Heaven-Human Peak of the Third Step, her sleeves stained with blood, followed by Lan Ziyuan and Yang Mingchang, who had lost an arm, nearly rushed to Lin Shao's side:

"Where is Jiang Xian?!"

Her aged voice was extremely serious, as if something extraordinary had happened.

"...He..."

By then, Lin Shao had regained his senses, but his mind was still in a daze, feeling like everything that had happened since daylight had fallen into a dream, unable to comprehend.

However, through the door behind him.

Lan Ziyuan and the one-armed Yang Mingchang saw the head in one glimpse.

"Pfft!!"

Right then, Yang Mingchang, ranked as the Sixth-Grade Captain of the Zhenwei Guard, his already languid state, spewed a mouthful of fresh blood and fainted!!

Leaving Lan Ziyuan's face shifting, looking unsightly:

"Song Chai Xin..."

"Indeed a 'Half-Demon,' a remnant of the Divine Blood Sect!"

Lin Shao was bewildered, what was going on here?

Though he had enmity with Song Chai Xin, how did the Divine Blood Sect get involved with him?

Lan Ziyuan saw the newly appointed Prefect's perplexed look and sneered coldly:

"Do you know who the mastermind behind today's events is?"

"Who?" Lin Shao followed her words and asked.

"Who else could it be but Song Chai Xin? This child is insightful, knowing what we're here for, he simply stopped pretending!"

"It's not just Jiang Xian, even I was ambushed by the Divine Blood Sect Primordial Pill lurking in Wutong Prefecture today, and I suspect the whole Wutong Prefecture, like some shops, pharmacies, treasure shops, have all suffered an attack!"

"Fortunately, Granny Hua was with me, with a Celestial Human Realm expert, the two of us killed a Divine Blood Sect Primordial Pill, pressing the mastermind's identity from him which was Song Chai Xin. After revealing, he detonated his Primordial Pill on the spot, leaving no confession behind!"

"Who else could it be? Such orchestration of Divine Blood Sect geniuses, his status...must be high, maybe due to his Top-grade Primordial Pill, and with demon suppression...hmph!"

Realizing her verbal slip, Lan Ziyuan hurriedly stopped, then continued rapidly and angrily:

"Unexpectedly...this fiend hid so deeply!"

"I had heard years ago, he had connections with demons, but didn't expect..."

"He was actually a remnant of the 'Divine Blood Sect'!"

"A Divine Blood Sect's Top-grade Primordial Pill, this is outrageous?!"

"If allowed to grow, wouldn't all of Great Zhao be turned upside down by him!!"

"Quickly notify all areas of Wutong Prefecture, enforce martial law, swear to capture Song Chai Xin!!"

Meanwhile.

After one night.

News...

flew out of Wutong Prefecture.

Spread to various places, inviting all kinds...

To slay demons and exterminate fiends!

And this time's momentum...

is far more frightening than the last!

Even a Fourth Step has responded!

And with the tremors in Wutong Prefecture.

In one of its seven major cities.

Neighboring the Black Mountain, one of Great Zhao's hidden forbidden areas 'Black Mountain Celestial Abyss'...

Sudden tremors, forming cracks!

A 'Bronze Hall' began to appear and disappear!

Inside...

seemingly prepared with dozens of coffins.

In the deepest part, wrapped in chains, as if some taboo was to be buried in there, then...after several decades, to return again!