At the Wang Mansion.
Wang Cheng sat upright on the main seat.
Silence reigned all around.
No one dared to make a sound.
In the middle of the main hall, a man knelt with his head bowed extremely low.
Wang Cheng said, "What did you just say?"
"Miss, Miss... Miss hasn't returned. We can't even sense Miss's life essence. Even the aura of the Full - Moon Heavy Jade Fox has completely disappeared within the city of Yanqing."
"Nonsense!"
Wang Cheng slapped the table hard. The table trembled violently, and a lot of water spilled from the teacups.
"In a small city like Yanqing, how could it pose a problem to the four of them?"
Madam Wang, sitting beside him, said anxiously, "My lord, could something have happened to our Xiling? My lord."
"Be quiet. It's just womanish opinion. With Xiling's abilities and Bai Fan by her side, she won't come to any harm."
"But—"
"Shut up!"
Wang Cheng sat down.
He picked up a cup of tea. Maybe because of his inner turmoil, his hand holding the cup was slightly trembling.
Then, the remaining tea spilled out.
Wang Cheng became even more furious. He threw the teacup to the ground, and it made a clear sound.
The teacup shattered, but Wang Cheng's heart became even more flustered.
Wang Cheng knew that being unable to sense the life essence and the disappearance of the Full - Moon Heavy Jade Fox's aura meant that his daughter must have encountered some misfortune.
He was suppressing this news not because he didn't know the gravity of the situation, but because he couldn't believe that his daughter was no longer in this world.
He wasn't unaware of the worst - case scenario; he just didn't dare to think about it or face it.
Wang Cheng was different from Lin Feng.
Lin Feng had twelve concubines and many descendants.
But Wang Cheng only had one wife and one child, and that child was Wang Xiling.
Since childhood, he had doted on his daughter and taught her all the abilities he knew and had learned.
Scheming, plotting, and means—his daughter had mastered these things since childhood.
Under Wang Cheng's protection, no one dared to harm Wang Xiling. All the servants in the Wang Mansion revolved around her.
Even Bai Fan was taken into the mansion because Wang Xiling liked him.
She was his only child. If she was no longer in this world, Wang Cheng couldn't imagine what would become of him.
"Someone, send out the most elite secret guards of our Wang Mansion. Search all the way downstream along the moat."
The moat was a large river beside the city of Yanqing.
If they couldn't sense Wang Xiling's life essence, there was another possibility: she might be hiding in the water, concealing her aura. Wang Xiling's life essence was the Three - Flamed True Fire. If she was really in the moat, it was normal not to be able to sense her aura.
If they couldn't find her even in the moat, it meant that Wang Xiling was really dead, and even her body had turned to ashes.
Because if there was a body, the remaining trace of her life - essence information could still be sensed.
"Yes!"
Wang Cheng didn't know that Zhao Shuning had been waiting.
She had calculated that if enough time passed and Wang Xiling still didn't return, Wang Cheng would surely send out the Wang Mansion's secret guards to search. Then, with the mansion empty, it would be the best time for her to act.
This was also the reason why Zhao Shuning had used the Red Lotus Karma Fire to burn Wang Xiling's body to ashes, as it could buy her the most time.
When Wang Cheng sent everyone out, he also began to get dressed, preparing to go to the city of Yanqing to find out what was going on.
He couldn't believe that in a small city like Yanqing, there was someone who could deal with the four most outstanding inner - sect disciples of their Wang family.
"My lord, you must bring Xiling back. She's our only child. If something happens to her, I won't live anymore."
Wang Cheng placed his hand on his wife's back and patted it gently.
"My lady, I will surely bring our daughter back this time."
"What about the Zhao family in the city of Yanqing?"
Wang Cheng's eyes turned gloomy.
"Whether they did something unfavorable to Xiling or not, the Zhao family must die."
Wang Cheng's face was extremely vicious.
"My lord, you've created so much killing karma. Aren't you afraid it will fall on our daughter?"
"Womanish kindness. You said the same thing when we dealt with Ye Ling back then. But look, if we hadn't eliminated Ye Ling, how could our Wang family have risen to become one of the four great families in the Eastern Zealot Wilderness? My lady, sometimes you worry too much."
"My lord—"
"Alright, the servants and guards in the mansion will protect you well. You don't need to be afraid."
The woman shed tears but didn't know how to stop Wang Cheng.
"My lord, what about the Zhao family?"
"They all have to die."
No matter what, his daughter had lost all her life - essence aura in the city of Yanqing. Even if this matter had nothing to do with the Zhao family, he wouldn't spare them.
A small family was already causing so much trouble. In the future, who knew what they might do.
Suddenly, a powerful aura rose in the sky.
Wang Cheng quickly protected Madam Wang.
After the strong wind passed, a young girl slowly appeared in the air.
The girl was very beautiful, but there was no trace of softness on her face.
She stood there in mid - air.
Zhao Shuning looked at Wang Cheng like this. After so many years, Wang Cheng, who had taken the Beauty - Preserving Pill, still looked exactly the same as before.
Thinking of what he had done back then, Zhao Shuning couldn't help but feel nauseous.
Fifteen years had passed, yet Wang Cheng still hadn't reached the Eighth Phase.
Wang Cheng was a Spirit Alchemist of the Seven Realms. Among the Spirit Alchemists of the Seven Realms, from lowest to highest, there were the Black Iron Realm, the Bronze Realm, the Silver Realm, and the Gold Realm.
And at this time, Wang Cheng belonged to the Gold Realm among the Spirit Alchemists of the Seven Realms.
His level was enough for him to dominate the entire Eastern Zealot Wilderness.
Once a Spirit Alchemist's cultivation reached the Sixth Yuan, they would enter a bottleneck. It was extremely difficult to break through this bottleneck.
Many Spirit Alchemists exhausted their entire lives in cultivation but still couldn't reach a higher realm.
Coincidentally, just two days ago, on the night when Zhao Shuning fought with Bai Fan and the others, the bloodline in her body began to change rapidly. The Red Lotus Karma Fire, while burning the bodies of the three people, also absorbed their spiritual power and cultivation.
Then it was transformed in Zhao Shuning's body. By midnight that day, Zhao Shuning's bloodline had suddenly broken through to the level of a Spirit Alchemist of the Seven Realms.
This rapid rise to the Seven Realms was also beyond Zhao Shuning's expectations.
The mystery and power of the Karma Fire Red Lotus made Zhao Shuning find it more and more incredible.
Wang Cheng looked up into the sky and quickly ordered his servants, "Send Madam back to her room."
"Wang Cheng, long time no see."
Long time no see? Wang Cheng was stunned. He asked himself that he had never seen this young girl before.
So who was this young girl talking to when she said "long time no see"?