"Who on earth are you? How did you manage to get into our Starfall Hall?" Situ Zihan was currently in the branch hall of Starfall Hall in the Earth Flame Continent.
"Want to defeat Feng Yuqin?" The man in the black robe and mask countered with a question. "I can help you."
Hearing this, Situ Zihan realized that the man in the black robe and mask must have known the reason for her outburst just now.
She remembered that someone had once approached her and promised to help her.
But that person turned out to be utterly incompetent.
After that, she had simply ignored that person.
Now another such person had come along, and Situ Zihan wasn't the least bit interested.
"This is Starfall Hall. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to later." Situ Zihan said this with a pang of unease.
After all, the fact that this person had managed to enter her bedroom silently meant that the guards outside were no match for him.
Sure enough, the man in the black robe and mask let out a cold laugh. "You don't need to bluff. You know that no one in this entire branch hall of Starfall Hall is a match for me."
"What do you want?" Situ Zihan knew that this man wasn't going to leave easily, and since she didn't sense any intention from him to harm her, she asked impatiently.
"I'll help you deal with Feng Yuqin. All you have to do is follow my instructions." The man in the black robe and mask's words made Situ Zihan eye him warily.
"I don't even know who you are. How can I trust you?" Situ Zihan retorted.
"You don't need to know who I am. But if you don't trust me, I can boost your strength. With your enhanced strength, you'll be able to deal with Feng Yuqin." As the man in the black robe and mask said this, he took a step towards Situ Zihan.
Situ Zihan instinctively took a step back. "Do you have a grudge against Feng Yuqin?"
"A grudge?" The man in the black robe and mask thought for a moment. "If it makes you feel better to think so, then yes, I do."
Situ Zihan frowned. "What do you mean by 'a grudge'? Don't you know whether you have a grudge against her or not?"
"She's in the way." The man in the black robe and mask said calmly. "If you ask me whose way she's in, I can't tell you. But you can trust that I'm definitely not on Feng Yuqin's side. As long as I can get rid of her, I'll cooperate with you wholeheartedly."
"If you have the ability, why don't you take action yourself?" Situ Zihan always felt that this whole thing was extremely strange.
"Neither of us can take direct action." After saying this, the man in the black robe and mask had run out of patience. "If you refuse, I can find someone else. I'm sure there must be someone in the Profound Feather Realm who wants Feng Yuqin dead."
At this point, the man in the black robe and mask added, "I'm sure you'd rather deal with Feng Yuqin yourself."
These words really hit home with Situ Zihan.
Feng Yuqin had now become an obsession for Situ Zihan.
If she couldn't deal with Feng Yuqin herself, she might be haunted by this for the rest of her life.
"Fine, I agree." Situ Zihan exuded a violent aura, and there was a crazy killing intent in her eyes for Feng Yuqin. "I want Feng Yuqin to be my defeated foe. I want her to suffer worse than death in my hands."
The man in the black robe and mask curled his lips into a bloodthirsty smile. "Good. This is what the future hall master of Starfall Hall should be like."
"How are you going to boost my strength?" Situ Zihan asked, looking at the man in the black robe and mask opposite her.
The man in the black robe and mask took out a pill. "This is a Celestial Promotion Pill. Your current strength is on par with Feng Yuqin's, but after you take this Celestial Promotion Pill, your strength will be able to break through the Heavenly Spirit Realm. As for how much you can advance after breaking through the Heavenly Spirit Realm and entering the Law Returning Realm, it depends on your own talent."
Situ Zihan's eyes widened in shock.
A Celestial Promotion Pill?
It was actually the legendary Celestial Promotion Pill?
"Who on earth are you?" Situ Zihan stared at the man in the black mask in shock. "You're not from the Profound Feather Realm, are you?"
This was the only thing Situ Zihan could think of.
As the future young hall master of Starfall Hall, one of the four major powers, and also an alchemist, she knew a thing or two about the situation in the Profound Feather Realm.
She knew that there were no such celestial pills in the Profound Feather Realm.
"You'd better not know." The man in the black mask said coldly. "You want to deal with Feng Yuqin, and I can help you. That alone is reason enough for you to follow my instructions."
It had to be said that this really hit home with Situ Zihan.
Because she wanted to deal with Feng Yuqin, she immediately nodded in agreement. "Fine. As long as you can help me deal with Feng Yuqin, I'll do whatever you say."
The man in the black mask curled his lips into a smug smile.
Sure enough, it was easy to manipulate someone with a weakness. It was worth all the time he had spent lurking in the Profound Feather Realm waiting for the right opportunity.
"Someone's come to your Starfall Hall. They seem to be up to no good. You'd better figure out a way to deal with this first. I don't want the celestial pill I gave you to go to waste." After saying this, the man in the black mask disappeared.
Situ Zihan left the courtyard and told someone to clean up the mess in the hall. Then she turned around and headed towards the branch hall master.
As she stepped into the main hall of the branch hall, the branch hall master, He Cheng, immediately rushed up to greet her. "Miss Zihan, the thing you asked me to do before has been discovered. I just received the news that the people from the Heavenly Alliance have come to our branch hall."
Situ Zihan looked at He Cheng icily. "When did I ever ask you to do anything?"
"Didn't Miss Zihan ask me to...?" He Cheng stopped mid-sentence and suddenly realized what was going on.
"Miss Zihan, you..." He finally understood.
Situ Zihan was planning to make him take the fall.
"Hall Master He, we'll always remember your contributions to Starfall Hall." There was a hint of threat in these words.
He Cheng wasn't alone. He had a wife, children, and a family.
Before He Cheng joined Starfall Hall, the He family was just an ordinary family.
If it weren't for his talent, he wouldn't have been selected by Starfall Hall. Later, through his own hard work, he had managed to become the branch hall master.
If it weren't for this, the He family might have already been swallowed up by other family forces.
So over the years, He Cheng had been utterly loyal to Starfall Hall.
Whenever he heard someone speaking ill of Starfall Hall, he would deal with them with ruthless efficiency.
Although Situ Zihan had always been trying to build a good image for herself, she had also dealt with those who didn't show her respect in private.
He had heard a lot of bad things about Situ Zihan.
Every time he heard such things, he never bothered to think about whether they were true or not. He would just deal with them.
But he never thought that when it came to him, Situ Zihan would just make him take the fall without even trying to solve the problem.
This really broke his heart, but... he had no choice.
After all, there was a huge He family behind him.
With hundreds of people in the He family, did he really have a choice?
But he still wanted to struggle a bit. "Miss Zihan, isn't there any other way?"