No one questioned what the Cloud Prince said.
It seemed as if his words were completely normal.
Because his act of severing ties with his own daughter was, in fact, quite normal.
After all, Qin Ming was the Cloud Prince, the younger brother of the current Qin Family emperor, possessing a certain claim to the throne's succession rights.
Consider this: what would happen when a lower-ranking heir to the throne has a daughter who becomes the direct disciple of an inner court elder of Kongshan Sect?
Qin Ming would definitely be forced to give up his claim to the throne.
But this severance of the father-daughter relationship was actually just giving the emperor a way to save face.
What Qin Yue ultimately decided to do, whether to acknowledge her father or not, would still be entirely up to her own decision.
After the Cloud Prince finished his opening remarks, the banquet officially began.
Qin Yue sat to the left of the Cloud Prince.
As for Chen Yan, Zheng Fei, and Li Xiuxiu, the three of them sat together.
"Tsk, I never expected it, the Glazed Pure Body, the Glazed Pure Body..."
Zheng Fei looked completely distracted.
Ever since Li Xiuxiu returned from her walk with Qin Yue and told Zheng Fei that Qin Yue possessed the once-in-ten-thousand-years Glazed Pure Body, and that she had already been accepted as a direct disciple by Qingchan Peak's True Dharma Elder Bai Qiming, his mindset had completely shattered.
The gap between people was simply too vast.
Although Qin Yue was only fifteen years old now and still an ordinary mortal.
With the Glazed Pure Body, as long as her talent wasn't too poor, she would definitely break through to the Martial Spring Realm within two years.
Within five years at most, she could advance to the Qi Sea Realm.
Chen Yan knew even more that after the catastrophe two years later ended, and Chu Xiyao resigned from her position as Chief Disciple, Qin Yue would replace Chu Xiyao and become Qingchan Peak's new generation Chief Disciple.
"There's no helping it. How smooth a person's cultivation path is, and how far they can ultimately go, is all predetermined from the moment they're born."
Li Xiuxiu said with a bitter smile.
"That's not entirely true to say."
Zheng Fei shrugged:
"Ever since the Falling Star Sword Immortal Su Hongzhen fell seven thousand years ago, Chenping Continent hasn't produced even a single Immortal Ascension Realm great master in seven thousand years. That means the path to immortality has been severed. So what if you have heaven-defying talent? You still can't achieve longevity!"
As he spoke, Zheng Fei continued to raise his wine cup.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Can you even reach the Qi Sea Realm in this lifetime, and you're still talking about immortal ascension!"
Li Xiuxiu teased with a laugh.
"Hmph!"
Zheng Fei snorted quite disdainfully, then picked up his wine cup.
Suddenly, he choked.
"Cough, cough!"
Zheng Fei coughed twice, then furrowed his brow tightly.
"Oh?"
Li Xiuxiu tilted her head to look at Zheng Fei, appearing somewhat amused:
"A proper Qi Circulation Realm cultivator can actually choke while drinking wine?"
"None of your business!"
Zheng Fei cursed, then suddenly frowned:
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Something wasn't right.
"Hahahaha... cough!"
Li Xiuxiu, who had been teasing him nearby, also suddenly coughed once.
She frowned, raised her hand to gently stroke her neck twice, then coughed two more times.
So itchy.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
The coughing sounds began to rise and fall one after another.
A rather bad premonition slowly rose from the depths of Chen Yan's heart.
And his throat also began to gradually dry out.
"Pfft!"
A mist of blood sprayed out.
It was Qin Yue.
Her face was pale, her lips purple, her eyes bloodshot, appearing unsteady and as if she had already lost half her life.
"Princess?"
"Yue'er, cough, cough, cough!"
The Cloud Prince's face also suddenly turned purplish-red, then instantly turned pale again as he vomited foul blood.
The situation in the venue seemed to be getting worse and worse.
Chen Yan was the same.
He felt the sluggish circulation of true energy within his own meridians.
Although he mobilized all his true energy to protect his Martial Spring and meridians, it was still useless.
"Pfft!"
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Chen Yan's mouth, his vision began to darken, and he felt the blood surging within his body, as if all his blood vessels were about to burst.
No!
Can't die like this without knowing why!
Relying on his willpower, Chen Yan strained to widen his eyes, wanting to remember every detail of the current scene.
The Cloud Prince and his daughter had already turned into two cold corpses, collapsed on their chairs.
The other people from Cloud Prince Manor were the same.
Zheng Fei and Li Xiuxiu beside Chen Yan were also the same, slumped over the table convulsing, bleeding from all seven orifices, already with no possibility of survival.
There should only be two living people left at the banquet now.
Him and Lu Li.
The only two Martial Spring Realm cultivators in the prince's manor.
Chen Yan's gaze suddenly shot toward Lu Li's direction.
Lu Li's condition didn't look good either, his face pale, his aura unstable, and blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
He looked like he could die at any moment.
"......"
Chen Yan opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something to Lu Li.
But the moment he opened his mouth, a large amount of blood overflowed from his oral cavity, completely unstoppable.
Chen Yan only felt his consciousness becoming increasingly blurry, his hands and feet gradually turning cold, and his entire body going numb.
Then, and then...
【This Reincarnation Rating: B (Promoted multiple nodes, comprehensive evaluation improved)】
【Accumulated Cultivation: Early Martial Spring Realm】
【Reincarnation Reward: Cultivation realm increased by one minor stage】
【Reincarnation settlement complete, host will return to the previous reincarnation record point, inherit the accumulated cultivation from this reincarnation, and restart life】
......
Hah!
Chen Yan suddenly snapped back to reality, confirming what environment he was currently in.
All around were lush, neatly trimmed plants, and on the ground were solidified bloodstains, traces of a fight that had occurred not long ago.
He was currently in Cloud Prince Manor, in the courtyard where the Kongshan Sect cultivators were staying.
As for the time...
"Instructor Lu, you're too kind. When Instructor Lu was still at Yuanhua Mountain back in the day, I also received no small amount of grace from Instructor Lu."
The cultivator wearing Kongshan Sect robes with Yuanhua Mountain patterns on his chest said this.
Li Hanzhou.
He hadn't returned to Kongshan Sect yet, and Qian Xun was still unconscious nearby.
The timing was now clear.
Chen Yan calmed his mind and began to think about everything that was about to happen.
Attend the banquet hosted by the Cloud Prince, then everyone suddenly starts experiencing dry, itchy throats, finally vomiting blood and dying.
Poisoning?
Then who administered the poison?
Cloud Prince Manor's entire staff was wiped out, and even the Kongshan Sect cultivators suffered disaster.
A poison that could even kill Martial Spring Realm cultivators was definitely not the work of ordinary mortals.
Just then, the figures of the dying Lu Li and the already deceased Qin Yue flashed through Chen Yan's mind.
......
Wait a moment.
The two people who were supposed to become Qingchan Peak's Martial Elder and Qingchan Peak's Chief Disciple were both going to die today in Cloud Prince Manor?