It should be noted, back then the Forbidden Artifact Fragment, Lu Ye had given it to her.

If Lu Ye hadn't noticed beforehand that there might be remnants of a mark on the Forbidden Artifact Fragment and warned her.

Chen Lingxiang wouldn't have known that she was already being watched by the Wang Family Ancestor!

According to normal development, with the Wang Family Ancestor's evil path advancement speed… catching up to the Chen Family Ancestor, there was a significant chance.

Once this really happened, the one facing the coming crisis… would be her, Chen Lingxiang!

"Young Master Lu, thank you." Chen Lingxiang said with utmost seriousness.

Lu Ye waved his hand, not saying more on the topic, but instead said, "Someone's coming."

At this time, it was still the dead of night, with almost no one on the roads.

From the time the body was disposed of to now, about twenty minutes had passed.

The ones intending to enter the city were a group of five, and the leader, an Innate Eighth Layer captain, suddenly saw a corpse by the roadside.

In chaotic times, martial artists would frequently come to blows, and corpses were quite common.

But for this particular corpse, the Innate Eighth Layer captain inexplicably felt it looked familiar.

It seemed... like someone he had once seen in a high position.

A moment later, the Innate Eighth Layer captain's eyes widened in terror.

"Wang… Wang Family Ancestor?!!"

One of the two Innate overlords of Qingshan City, the Wang Family Ancestor… unexpectedly died here for no reason?!!

The other four team members were all extremely shocked.

This was a powerful Martial Arts Innate! A realm many could never reach, even in death.

Now it was as if he had been discarded like trash, his body just thrown beside a pile of weeds outside the city.

"You stay here and watch, I'll report to the City Lord." The Innate Eighth Layer captain snapped out of his intense shock, said hastily, and rushed into the city.

Seeing this, Lu Ye said indifferently, "Alright, let's go. The Innate Realm will come soon."

Chen Lingxiang nodded obediently: "Mm, listening to Young Master Lu."

...

City Lord's Mansion.

The Qingshan City Lord, who hurried to the hall, listened to the report, and with suspicion, frowned and asked, "Is this true?"

Meanwhile, there were two others sitting in the hall, both in the Innate Realm.

From the Northern Territory's second-rate power, Iron Fist Sect's Vice Sect Leader Dugu Tian, Innate Third Layer.

And Northern Xuanzhou branch president of the Hundred Treasures Trading Company, Dong Feiyu, Innate Seventh Layer.

These two were also here because they were invited to the Wang Family Ancestor's birthday banquet, and being old friends with the Qingshan City Lord, they stayed another night for old times' sake.

But unexpectedly, they suddenly received such explosive news.

The Innate Eighth Layer captain, who came to report, was panting heavily, "City Lord, Innate seniors, come out of the city and you'll see."

The three exchanged glances and rose to their feet simultaneously.

A moment later, outside the tall city walls of Qingshan City.

The few of them immediately saw the shriveled corpse beside the pile of weeds, finally turning pale with shock.

"Elder Wang?!"

During the day, he was overjoyed, hosting a banquet for a thousand guests as a Martial Arts Innate Powerhouse.

Now, he had fallen outside Qingshan City in the dead of night...

The three were all prominent figures in the Northern Territory, rarely experiencing anything that could stir their emotions so violently.

But the scene before them left the three Innates in utter disbelief.

"Is there really a Soul Refining Banner, an evil path item, here?"

The Vice Sect Leader of the Iron Fist Sect walked to the damaged Soul Refining Banner, picked it up, and looked at the abnormal corpse of the Wang Family Ancestor.

"This…"

Evil path practitioners are despised by all righteous martial artists under the heavens.

Once discovered, everyone would wish to exterminate them.

After a moment of contemplation, the Qingshan City Lord said, "This matter is too significant, please wait a moment, I'll invite the Zhang Family Ancestor over."

The Zhang Family is the second Innate clan of Qingshan City, previously always suppressed by the Wang Family.

Not long after, the Zhang Family Ancestor arrived in a hurry, bringing the Zhang Family Patriarch.

Seeing the corpse by the pile of weeds, the Zhang Family Ancestor almost laughed out loud in his heart.

He had only recently advanced to the Innate Second Layer, and his overall strength was not as strong as the Wang Family.

Plus, the Wang Family's Young Master Wang Youcai had a stroke of luck, being taken as a disciple by Elder Yinmang from Yinmang Mountain. He was nearly being pressed by the Wang Family to the point of suffocation.

Who would have thought, not a day had passed since the birthday banquet, and the Wang Family Ancestor was already completely gone!

Furthermore, at the scene, there was a tattered Soul Refining Banner, the most famous symbol of evil path practitioners!

The Zhang Family Ancestor didn't know who was so kind to deliver such a grand gift to him.

After a moment of contemplation, the Qingshan City Lord said, "Since such a tragic event has occurred, with Elder Wang falling, I believe we must inform the Wang Family."

"Of course, the Soul Refining Banner is an evil path item, hated by all. For the safety of Qingshan City, the Wang Family also needs to be thoroughly investigated."

"If someone is framing them, we should clear the Wang Family's name."

Pausing for a moment, the Qingshan City Lord, with a stern look, said in a deep voice, "If… the Wang Family truly has evil path resources, this malignant tumor must not continue to harm the region!"

The other three Innates all nodded in agreement: "The City Lord is right."

With Elder Wang's body in tow, the Qingshan City Lord turned and said deeply, "Ladies and gentlemen, are you interested in going to the Wang Family together?"

The few of them exchanged glances; they were also very curious about this matter, so going to the Wang Family to investigate seemed interesting.

...

On the other side.

Having returned to the guesthouse, Lu Ye effortlessly entered the room again.

On the wooden bed, Jiang Qingge's eyes trembled slightly but remained closed. She actually had already awakened.

A few minutes ago, waking again, Lu Ye had once again disappeared.

Just now, not only her room but a gentle door sound was also heard next door.

Jiang Qingge knew that over there... was where Chen Lingxiang was staying.

In her heart, she couldn't help but feel a tinge of jealousy.

Lu Ye had lied to her, saying he was going outside to practice martial arts to avoid causing disturbances.

In the middle of the night, could a man and woman really practice martial arts together?

This Miss Chen as well, an unmarried girl, how could she... how could she go out with him, with someone else's husband, in the middle of the night!

Jiang Qingge's chest rose slightly in anger, keeping her eyes tightly closed.

Lu Ye glanced over, and the next moment, he knew Jiang Qingge was pretending to be asleep.

For those in the Innate Realm, the breathing rhythm of true sleep versus feigning sleep, at close range, is completely distinguishable.

This is the meticulous insight of the Innate Realm.

Casually withdrawing his gaze, Lu Ye was too lazy to expose her, lounging on a chair, stabilizing his recently advanced Innate Third Layer realm.

Finally, by the time a full circulation was complete, Jiang Qingge couldn't keep up the act of pretending to sleep any longer.

"Husband, did you go out again just now?"

"Call me Lu Ye."

"Husband, don't you like me calling you that?" Jiang Qingge got up, speaking with a slight grievance.

Lu Ye, sitting with closed eyes, was too lazy to respond.

"Fine, Lu Ye, did you go out again just now? With Miss Chen?"

Seeing that Lu Ye had no intention of engaging her, Jiang Qingge had to change her address, speaking with a hint of jealousy she hadn't noticed herself.

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