Supreme Emptiness

"Heh heh, it's exactly what you're thinking!"

"Thunder Pill!"

"Just like the poison pill in your body, it's specifically for storing the power of thunder and lightning."

The Six-Path Master sneered:

"You're in luck. Only core members of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Temple are qualified to condense a Thunder Pill in their bodies."

"That Lu Liang must have held a high position in the Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Temple."

"This pill alone is enough to advance any Thunder Path Techniques you know to the first layer."

Jiang Fan's breathing quickened.

Not only were his Thunder Path Techniques limited by the power of thunder and lightning,

even his Void Flow Thunder Force was greatly affected.

This Thunder Pill came at the perfect time.

Immediately, Jiang Fan dug it out.

After confirming that there was nothing else on Lu Liang's body,

he cast a small spell to burn the corpse.

Accompanied by billowing smoke, Lu Liang's body was turned into a pile of ashes.

With a wave of his large sleeve, Jiang Fan summoned a fierce wind to scatter the ashes without a trace.

At this moment,

Concubine Yunxia's murmuring voice came from behind: "Reducing the body to ashes, how ruthless of you."

Jiang Fan turned his head to see that Fairy Yunxia had already put her clothes back on.

She handed over a black robe.

Jiang Fan took it and threw it on nonchalantly, giving her a disdainful once-over:

"Really as dumb as a pig?"

Concubine Yunxia bit her teeth lightly and said, "Can't even take a joke?"

She wasn't stupid.

How could she not know that Jiang Fan burned the body to eliminate evidence?

The man before her was a disciple of the Green Crane Masters.

If the body were found, the Green Crane Masters would surely trace the culprit immediately.

Turning the body to ashes, at least, left the Green Crane Masters with no evidence.

Jiang Fan said, "Alright, as long as you're not dumb."

"If you ask me, the Green Crane Masters will still find you."

"Don't expose yourself when the time comes."

"If they find out, remember to handle it yourself and don't implicate me."

Concubine Yunxia chuckled in frustration.

She had made one foolish mistake and Jiang Fan kept mocking her for it.

She smiled immediately and said, "Don't worry, share the burden together."

"If something happens to me, I won't forget you!"

Jiang Fan waved his hand without looking back.

"Alright, until we meet again."

"Hopefully, we won't cross paths again in this lifetime."

Lu Liang's death involved Concubine Yunxia as well.

She was more worried than Jiang Fan about the Green Crane Masters coming after her.

With her intelligence, she would know how to handle it.

Concubine Yunxia snorted through her petite nose: "I don't want to see you either."

"Always making me angry, never letting me have peace."

"Meeting you, what bad luck!"

She didn't consider capturing Jiang Fan again.

Firstly, because she was seriously injured, and capturing a slippery character like Jiang Fan would be hard and thankless.

Secondly, the way Jiang Fan had stood up for her when she was humiliated by Lu Liang had moved her heart.

When she thought about it calmly,

apart from their opposing stances, she found no faults in Jiang Fan.

Of course, it would be perfect if he hadn't searched her body.

As she watched Jiang Fan's graceful departure,

Concubine Yunxia suddenly recalled something and couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"The guy in the secret realm, it really was him."

At this moment, Jiang Fan no longer had the Dragon Binding Chain on him.

Without a doubt, he had a way to unlock the Dragon Binding Chain and a shortcut to the secret realm.

Recalling how she had foolishly assured the Green Crane Masters that it had nothing to do with Jiang Fan,

the bitter smile deepened.

Thinking it over, she took out the key and asked:

"Jiang Fan, how did you unlock the Dragon Binding Chain?"

This was her final confusion.

Jiang Fan turned his head, pulled out the true key from his hair, and waved it.

Concubine Yunxia was stunned.

Then she looked at the key in her hand and immediately understood.

She couldn't help but rub her temples and smiled helplessly:

"Alright, you win."

So the answer was that simple.

"One last question, what kind of key is this?"

Concubine Yunxia carefully examined the fake key and noticed some wear and tear, indicating frequent use.

"The key to my house."

"If you don't mind, give it back to me."

Jiang Fan stretched out his hand.

Concubine Yunxia clapped her hand, putting the key into her chest with a sly smile:

"Nope."

Jiang Fan sighed: "Suit yourself."

"Goodbye."

He leaped up and turned into a long rainbow, speeding away into the distance.

Concubine Yunxia stood still for a long time.

She sighed softly: "Safe travels."

"Jiang Fan."

Her words carried a hint of sadness.

Thinking back on her days with Jiang Fan, the battles of wits and courage.

Actually, it was quite interesting.

She picked up Demon King Chun Ni, tenderly dressing the wounds.

She softly said: "I shouldn't have brought you out this time."

Thunk—

At this moment,

there was a faint noise from the ground behind her.

Concubine Yunxia turned to see Jiang Fan had returned.

She couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Didn't you say goodbye for good?"

"What are you doing back here?"

In the next moment,

her expression froze.

A hand was pressing on Jiang Fan's shoulder.

Behind him, a handsome blond middle-aged man slowly walked out.

With a peculiar expression, he stared at Concubine Yunxia.

"Demon... Demon Emperor!" Concubine Yunxia's smile vanished as she hurriedly paid her respects.

The Demon Emperor's scrutinizing gaze flicked between Concubine Yunxia and Jiang Fan.

"Yunxia, your relationship with this human seems to have improved."

In his memory, Concubine Yunxia rarely spoke to humans this way.

She had always been an untouchable lotus flower.

Gentle, beautiful, dignified, and serene, never arrogant or impatient.

Even with him, her husband, she remained so.

Concubine Yunxia didn't hide the truth, for it was impossible to conceal anything from the Demon Emperor.

"He saved me."

Just these four words.

The Demon Emperor nodded slightly and said: "No wonder."

He really didn't suspect anything.

He knew Yunxia's character well.

Betraying him was something that wouldn't happen with her.

"What happened here?"

He looked at the devastation around, especially at the thousand-foot chasm not far away.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Concubine Yunxia truthfully recounted the events.

"You're sure? It was really an Ancient Giant?" The Demon Emperor's eyes twitched fiercely.

Concubine Yunxia nodded: "If not, the Green Crane Masters wouldn't have fled in such panic."

The Demon Emperor's eyes turned pensive.

It was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

After a while, Concubine Yunxia asked:

"Demon Emperor, will both our clans face a great calamity?"

The Demon Emperor snapped out of his thoughts.

He shook his head slightly: "There will be trouble, but not a great calamity."

"After a thousand years, the return of the Ancient Giants."

"The Outer Realm Divine Sect will be more alarmed than us."

"Before long, experts from the Outer Realm Divine Sect will arrive to eradicate the Ancient Giant."

That made sense.

The Ancient Giant was considered a universal threat.

The Outer Realm Divine Sect had enjoyed a thousand years of peace.

They wouldn't allow any hidden dangers.

They were bound to come swiftly.

"Yunxia, you have no leads on who got there first?"

The Demon Emperor suddenly changed the topic.

So, he hadn't been thinking about the Ancient Giants earlier.

Instead, it was about the treasure in the secret realm.

A treasure capable of extending an Ancient Giant's life by a thousand years.

The Demon Emperor couldn't even imagine what it could be.

Concubine Yunxia's heart skipped a beat.

Instinctively, her eyes almost darted towards Jiang Fan, but she managed to hold back.

Any small gesture would be exposed before the Demon Emperor.

She shook her head calmly and softly: "No."

"The only suspect, Jiang Fan, was searched by the Green Crane Masters."

Was that so?

The Demon Emperor frowned.

Someone like the Green Crane Masters, so meticulous in their actions.

If they had searched Jiang Fan, it would clear him of any suspicion.

However,

he looked at Jiang Fan who had the Dragon Binding Chain removed.

He voiced the doubt that had been in his mind:

"How did he unlock the Dragon Binding Chain?"