"Don't talk about me, aren't you also siding with Chen Yuan?"

"Forget it, there's nothing to say to you. Just take care of yourself. Chen Yuan has some free time these days. If you have nothing else to do, chat with him and strengthen your relationship. I'm not getting involved."

Shangguan Yu waved his hand and turned to leave.

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

Shangguan Hong frowned.

Shangguan Yu glanced back and gave a faint smile:

"Didn't Zhang Xuan say that Chen Yuan is his brother-in-law? Now I'm Chen Yuan's brother-in-law by rights. According to the rules, he should call me brother. I must inform that Zhang fellow!"

Shangguan Hong: "....."

She suddenly felt that, now that things with Chen Yuan had come to this, the happiest person wasn't her, but rather Shangguan Yu. He even said she was unambitious, but looking at him, he didn't seem ambitious at all.

...

...

For three consecutive days, Chen Yuan left the Heavenly Patrol Bureau, cultivating while handling affairs of the Shuzhou Heavenly Patrol Bureau, placing trusted aides and selecting Heavenly Patrol Envoys willing to align with him.

Besides that, he was waiting for the Golden Envoy from the South State and the two Green Envoys from Blood State to pay their respects.

Meanwhile, Shangguan Hong also cast aside her past shyness, proactively seeking out Chen Yuan for conversation and romance. The Shangguan Clan had basically settled on it.

Although not publicly announced, Shangguan Hong had already become his fiancée before Zhang Wanshu.... one of them.

With this status, neither Shangguan Hong nor Chen Yuan were reserved any longer. Within just a few days, their feelings quickly intensified, reaching the second base.

Shangguan Hong also saw another side of Chen Yuan's cold demeanor, leaving her a bit at a loss.

She never expected Chen Yuan's desires to be so intense... though it didn't ruin his image, she gained a deeper understanding of him.

Under Chen Yuan's guidance, she planned to visit Tangshan Prefecture in a few days to meet Lady Xu and officially acknowledge her as family.

Everything was moving in a good direction.

On this day, the two Green Envoys from Blood State and the Golden Envoy from South State, under Chen Yuan's strict orders, dared not delay, lest it result in unforeseen consequences. They hurried to pay respects to Chen Yuan, this legitimate Shangguan.

"Sir, the Golden Envoy from South State is here."

Lu Renyi entered the Heavenly Patrol Hall and bowed.

"Hmm, let them...."

Before he finished speaking, a Heavenly Patrol Guard rushed into the hall and bowed:

"Sir, someone outside the city wishes to see you. It doesn't seem they come with good intentions."

Chen Yuan frowned. It had been a long time since someone had come to challenge him, and he asked solemnly:

"Who is it?"

"Reporting to Sir, the old monk claims to be the former abbot of Bright Temple, Yao Xin!"

"Abbot of Bright Temple, Yao Xin?!"

Chen Yuan squinted his eyes, a flicker of confusion and curiosity in his gaze.

He had previously had some personal grudges with Bright Temple, but Jiang He had settled them. He had planned to address those bald donkeys after his own affairs were handled, but someone unexpectedly came to him.

The name Yao Xin rang a bell; he was an Arhat of Yang Transformation level, renowned in Qingzhou. However, he had disappeared for decades, presumed deceased, yet here he was, alive and daring to issue a challenge outside Shuzhou City.

Simply courting death!

"Indeed, that old monk is sitting cross-legged in the void outside the city, specifically naming... naming that he wants you, Sir, to go and resolve the karma."

"Karma...."

Chen Yuan lifted his head, a slight cold smile forming on his lips.

Just perfect, his unresolved karma with Bright Temple would serve as the first target in the south, using the top sect in Qingzhou as the starting point!

"Order all divisions of the Shuzhou City Heavenly Patrol Bureau to mobilize troops and gather at the city gate." Chen Yuan instructed Lu Renyi.

"Sir, should we form a formation to capture this person?"

"No need, just let them observe."

Chen Yuan stood up, exuding a powerful aura. Demonstrating in front of the martial artists of the Heavenly Patrol Bureau was the most straightforward and effective way to showcase his might!

"Yes, I obey your command!"

Lu Renyi immediately clasped his fists and bowed.

Three thousand zhang north of Shuzhou City, a golden light filled the sky. A long-browed old monk clad in a kasaya sat cross-legged, surrounded by a powerful aura.

This person was none other than the abbot of Bright Temple, Yao Xin, who had been restored to his peak by Manjusri Bodhisattva's great divine power.

In recent days, having arranged matters at Bright Temple, he had wasted no time in rushing to Shuzhou City, ready to resolve the past enmity that had once obstructed his path.

Back then, realizing his cultivation could no longer advance, he faked a retreat into meditation, secretly splitting off a true spirit and, with the aid of an exotic treasure, reincarnating as a newborn baby, intending to merge with his future cultivation, thereby glimpsing the realm of a Bodhisattva.

Perhaps influenced by him, the reincarnated infant gravitated towards Buddhism, maturing in Gold Mountain Monastery of Nanling Prefecture in Qingzhou, being given the Dharma name Fa Hai by his elders!

The first half of his life was peaceful and steady in cultivation, but just as he was about to step into the Vajra Realm, a catastrophe befell. The source of this catastrophe stemmed from a seemingly ordinary Gang Condensing Martial Artist.

After Fa Hai's death, his entire life flashed before his eyes like an illusion, and he personally experienced all that Fa Hai went through.

He witnessed the ruthless young man, who in less than a year's time, broke through numerous barriers and, with a narrow-minded heart, plotted in secret to destroy Gold Mountain Monastery due to a lingering grudge from the past.

In the end, that young man succeeded.

He killed Fa Nan, killed Fa Hai, burned Gold Mountain Monastery, and completely shattered his hope!

This was the demon of his lifetime. Before reincarnation, he must settle this grudge; otherwise, even after awakening to his past and present lives in reincarnation, he would be trapped at this bottleneck.

So he came!

Ready to resolve the karmic enmity.

Yet, to his utter disbelief, the young man in Fa Hai's memories, after breaking through to Reach Profound, became unstoppable, defeating countless heroes and seizing the top position in the Ascension battle.

Later, he became renowned for his country, sacrificing for it, and ascended to the top of the Fengyun List.

Now, he had even become a high-ranking official of the Court, someone even Bright Temple couldn't easily provoke, a Marquis of the present dynasty, wielding the astonishing power of governing the Three States of the South!

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