Chapter 1 The Underworld Palace Arrives

Having taken the provincial capital first, the Underworld Palace’s next target would clearly be the remaining dozen or so cities in Jiangbei.

Realizing this, Chen Xiao decisively ordered Qi Tianhu: “Old Qi, call the bosses of the other cities now and tell them to come to Jiang City immediately.”

“Yes, Boss Chen.”

Qi Tianhu nodded in response. Although he was worried, he had no choice but to trust Chen Xiao.

Qi Qingfei asked, “Master, should we do something now?”

Chen Xiao shook his head and said dismissively, “No need. Just wait for them to come. I’ll wipe them all out in one fell swoop.”

His words stunned everyone. That was twenty *Huajing* (Transformation Realm) masters!

Boss Chen was powerful, but he was only one person. Could he really handle it?

They only knew that Chen Xiao had fought four *Huajing* masters alone at the Lingshui Painting Boat.

But they didn’t know that in the past few months, Chen Xiao’s strength had increased faster than a rocket. Let alone four *Huajing* masters, even a hundred wouldn’t faze him.

Just then, one of Da Xiang’s men suddenly stood up and said, “Reporting, Boss Chen, I have something to report.”

Chen Xiao nodded to him. “Speak!”

The man scratched his head and said awkwardly, “Boss Chen, this is what happened. After we were defeated, the people from the Underworld Palace thought I was dead, but I was just unconscious. When I woke up, they hadn’t left yet, so I had to continue playing dead. That’s how I overheard that some people from the Underworld Palace had already come to Jiang City ahead of time.”

“Oh? Do you know who they are? Why did they come ahead of time?”

Chen Xiao asked, puzzled.

“The leader is a woman. The people from the Underworld Palace call her Miss. She brought two *Huajing* masters with her, saying she was going to find some fox spirit to take revenge on…”

Hearing this, Chen Xiao’s head buzzed, because he immediately thought of one person: Li Ziqing.

Chen Xiao still remembered that Li Ziqing had played with the young masters of the five great families, causing ‘one death, one madness, and one serious injury.’

There were only five great families, so the probability that one of these victims was from the Li family was too high.

As for the Miss, she was likely Li Xun’s younger sister, Li Cun.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao said nothing and once again summoned the Yitian Sword, flying out the window.

Chen Xiao was right. The one who had come to Jiang City ahead of time with two *Huajing* masters was indeed Li Cun.

And the person she was looking for was Li Ziqing!

Li Ziqing was in a meeting with a group of executives when the door to the conference room was kicked open.

Two middle-aged men wearing identical clothes barged in.

Not only were these two dressed the same, but they also looked exactly alike, as if they had been cast from the same mold. They were clearly twins.

Behind the twins, besides the security guards who had been knocked to the ground in a pile, followed a petite but imposing young woman.

As soon as she saw this young woman, Li Ziqing was stunned.

She naturally recognized Li Cun and could guess that Li Cun had come with ill intentions.

“Everyone else, get out!”

Li Cun said lazily, in a commanding tone.

“Who are you? How dare you cause trouble here? Do you know where this is?”

A young and vigorous executive stood up and shouted at the twins and Li Cun.

However, before he could finish speaking, one of the twins raised his hand, and a burst of energy shot out rapidly, hitting the young executive with a bang.

The young executive only had time to let out a muffled groan before collapsing to the ground, his fate unknown.

Seeing this scene, a chorus of screams rang out from around the conference table.

They were just ordinary people. How could they have seen such a scene?

“I’ll say it again, everyone else, get out!”

Li Cun repeated, her tone this time much more somber than the last.

The executives trembled with fear, looking at Li Ziqing, unsure of what to do.

“You can all leave.”

Li Ziqing said calmly.

Hearing this, the executives quickly dispersed. After a moment, only Li Ziqing, Li Cun, and the twins remained standing in the conference room.

Li Ziqing crossed her arms and stared at Li Cun.

Although she was a little flustered inside, she remained calm on the surface, pretending to be fine.

“Li Ziqing, you’re doing well now, aren’t you? A beautiful CEO, huh…”

Li Cun walked over and sat down across from Li Ziqing.

“Miss Li, I wonder what brought you to Jiang City? You didn’t come all this way just to see how well I’m doing, did you? After all, we don’t seem to be that close?”

Li Ziqing said with a smile, utterly calm.

“Hmph, Li Ziqing, what are you pretending for? You fox spirit who only knows how to seduce men, can’t you guess why I’m here?”

Li Cun slammed the table, a fierce expression on her small face.

“If it weren’t for you, Shao Feng-gege (older brother) wouldn’t have died back then. If Shao Feng-gege hadn’t died, we would have already been married, maybe even had children!”

“You fox spirit, it’s all your fault.”

Li Cun became more and more agitated, her teeth clenched, as if she wanted to swallow Li Ziqing whole.

The Shao Feng-gege she spoke of was named Zheng Shaofeng, a member of the Zheng family, one of the five great families, and the only unlucky guy who had been killed by Li Ziqing.

The Li family and the Zheng family were close, and when Li Cun and Zheng Shaofeng were young, the two families had arranged a marriage for them.

Li Cun had always regarded herself as the fiancée of Shao Feng-gege since she was a child. Even after Zheng Shaofeng’s death, she still considered herself Zheng Shaofeng’s widow, but unfortunately, the Zheng family did not acknowledge her as their daughter-in-law.

Hearing Li Cun’s words, Li Ziqing laughed out loud. “My silly sister, what nonsense are you talking about? You don’t really think Zheng Shaofeng liked you, do you? Do you know what he said about you in front of others?”

“He… what did he say?”

Li Cun was stunned and asked quickly.

The corners of Li Ziqing’s mouth curved slightly upward, revealing a contemptuous arc, and she said softly, “He said that you’re as flat as a board, and you can’t tell the front from the back. He also said that marrying you would be worse than marrying a washboard. Think about it, is it really worth it to be hung up on a man like that?”

“You… you’re talking nonsense!”

Li Cun retorted immediately, “I don’t believe Shao Feng-gege would say that about me. And I’m all grown up now.”

As she spoke, she deliberately puffed out her chest.

“Hehe, you have indeed grown up, but you’ve only grown older. The places that should have grown haven’t changed at all.”

Li Ziqing stared at Li Cun’s flat chest, mocking her mercilessly.

“You bitch, fox spirit, I’m going to tear your mouth apart today!”

Li Cun was enraged and rushed towards Li Ziqing in a frenzy.