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Duan Cheng Xuan, who'd just left Er Dan, inexplicably felt a wave of coldness crawl up her back.

However, it had only been a short period of time since he had last visited. It seemed as though the borders of the city had been thoroughly cleansed.

The commanders who had once known him and allowed him to pass through this area had all changed under the order of their father-in-law. Moreover, it seemed that there weren't as many people at the border as in the martial world. Many people had gathered here to discuss this matter.

He was a few years younger than the ghost and looked like a tanned young man from another clan. He did not need a curved blade and only had a small knife on his waist, so he could be considered an orphan from the Sanning Clan. Wandering around the border all year round to help him find information, he could be considered a strong person.

"My lord, I have never seen that prince before." Hong Xiao smiled as he looked at Duan Chengxuan. His emerald green eyes, on the other hand, were dull, not as pure as Sang Ning's pupils.

"When you have more ability, you will naturally see it." Duan Chengxuan pulled on the reins and the horse beneath him spun around twice before finally coming to a stop. He then turned around and faced the forest on the other side of the road. "Why are there so many Jianghu people in those towns at the border of Er Dan?"

He waited for them to get a little further away before spreading his hands and whispering, "Previously, His Highness had people spread rumors that the elixir of life needed the most important medicines, and very few people knew about the Blood Vine under the pond. But previously, someone had been poisoned in the city, and there was an old man called the Heavenly Blind Sage's Divine Hand in the river lake who actually said that the Blood Vine was poisonous when it was grown.

Heavenly Sacred Hand...

Duan Chengxuan had heard of this old man before. This old man was a respected senior in the martial arts world, but because he didn't know where his master was, there were people in his family who came and left without a trace, and he was even treated by the martial artists in the area as a saint that had transcended the mortal world.

However, this person was also a descendant of the Yun Family. There were still some people living in Yinzhou.

As a descendant of the Yun Family, she was actually discussing about the Blood Vine under the fictitious pool. It was most likely just to help Gu Mingyan verify the rumors.

On the other side, there were many martial arts practitioners at the border of Er Dan. Although there were many people causing trouble, if Er Dan wanted to attack, then these people could be used to defend the city.

Hong Xiao didn't hear Duan Chengxuan's words and rode his horse to his side. "My prince, do you think that Er Dan is leading the army forward or do you think she obtained news that they're afraid of an invasion?"

"That will wait until I return to take a look." Retracting his distant thoughts, Duan Chengxuan shook the reins in his hand. "If the Ninth Prince wants to follow Gu Cheng and join the army, then Aldan will naturally be on guard. However, if Navy Tide doesn't move, then Aldan will most likely attack the city in the near future."

As of now, there was no need to fear other countries. All Dan needed to do was pay attention to Navy Tide.

In this way, Duan Chengxuan became even more unclear about the forces at the borders of Navy Tide.

Hong Xiao's face darkened. "I obviously received news a few days ago …"

"Seems like this paragraph is a bit of a brainwave. I can still see quite a few of my people." Duan Chengxuan coldly gazed at the deep and dark mountain forest, yet anxiety sprouted from the bottom of his heart and took root, tearing open a hole.

Just where did this feeling of incompatibility come from?

"I didn't get along with Duan Feng very much, but I didn't know that he would actually be able to cut off Duan Chengxuan's news."

Gu Liuyan also received the news from the Zhou Mansion's border gate. Her two brows were locked together.

"Before this, I had investigated the Ninth Prince with the Prince, and everything he did was extremely stupid. However, perhaps all of that was just a disguise, and now that he has lost the backing of the Heavenly Flame City's empress, I'm afraid he doesn't want to reveal his true face." The ghost threw the note into the water and walked over to help Gu Mingyan and Ai Qi with their ink.

Ai Qi watched as the black ink disappeared into the water before opening his mouth. "But then again, did you convince the Blind Sage to say that?"

"Senior said so on his own accord. He once lost too many things because of his status as a descendant of the Yun family." Gu Danyan shook his head gently and put down the pen in his hand: "Many things require many people to add fuel to the fire. Even if it is just a rumor, it needs countless people to be able to spread it far."

"Then why did you call me here today? What orders do you have for me?" Archie looked at her.

"Zhang Liangshan will be here for shelter in a few days, so you don't have to stay by my side anymore." Gu Danyan turned the letter over twice and handed it to Ai Qi, "Take this letter and your identity token and go to the border to fight. Also, do something for me."

Aizi took the item and gestured with his eyes for her to continue.

"Help me keep an eye on the border and see how many spies there are." Gu Liuyan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he sneered: "It would be fine if Duan Ming was able to control the border, but I do not believe that we do not have any spies, otherwise Father would not be able to replace the blood in the border city, and he would not have done it so silently. Previously, when we were celebrating the new year in Le City, in fact, only the people in Le City would believe it, and they would have personally checked and prepared for the blood change in the early spring."

"You shouldn't be so sure," said Iggy, shaking his head.

I just don't believe that the ruler of a country would do something useless. First of all, he is a king, and then he is my father, so why would he meet me again or protect my mother and rush all the way from the capital to the City of Le? And what's more, I'm counting the days. He stayed half a month longer than he did for the past few years of the new year." "I just don't believe that the ruler of a country would do something useless, first of all. Gu Daiyan explained in detail, smiling at the confused maidservant beside him.

The maidservant took out a wooden box from the side, which was densely packed with many crumpled notes.

There were so many of them, and these were almost her sources of information.

"Your highness has never received so much information regarding the 'bestowal'." Gui Mo's face darkened as he looked at these notes, and he even wrote down the changes to the notes one by one. The timing was extremely clear.

"Duan Chengxuan isn't here now, so he naturally doesn't know why I'm opening the academy." Gu Mingyan half propped up her cheeks and looked at Ai Qi with a beaming smile. "I was lying to you earlier, the reason I opened the academy was to untie the knot in Duan Chengxuan's heart, and by the way, I wanted Liu'er to deliver the message for me."

"Are you in touch with the Madam?" Phantom Shadow was even more surprised.

"There's no connection, just Willow." Gu Liuyan also shook her head: "I only turned half of the Wind Listening Pavilion into mine. I don't dare to believe that Ziming is too loyal to his mother, but I can recruit Liu'er. After all, A-Zi, who she regards as her little sister, is still in Navy Tide."

"You even want to threaten your mother …"