696 Chapter 696: The Bewildered Xiao Ya (1/2)

The Heavenly Spring Saint Son was dead.

The news arrived at the Heavenly Spring Holy Grounds in the Hidden Dragon Royal Court quickly.

A great Holy-Land's Saint Son fell outside of the land. This was an utter humiliation to the Heavenly Spring Holy Grounds.

The Saint Son represented the entire Holy-Land. He was the embodiment of the Heavenly Spring Holy Grounds, and now, he had been killed.

Not even his corpse remained.

After someone described the events of what led to the death of the Heavenly Spring Saint Son to the experts of the Heavenly Spring Holy Grounds, it was clear that the culprit was not someone from the Valley of Gluttony. However, to these experts, just the fact that the Saint Son died in the Valley of Gluttony was enough for them to assign the blame to the valley.

Originally, the relationship between the Valley of Gluttony and the Heavenly Spring Holy Grounds was not friendly, but now that something like this had happened, the Holy-Lands would naturally delegate many experts to deal with the Valley of Gluttony.

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Outside the Valley of Gluttony.

The space warped, and a golden warship gradually emerged from the rippling space. Accompanying the arrival of the warship was the sound of deep booms.

On the warship, a flag depicting the constellations was flapping about. This was the standard of the Heavenly Spring Holy Grounds.

An elder stood on the deck of the warship with his hands clasped behind his back. Behind him, a platoon of Golden Armor Guards was waiting to be dispatched.

The Golden Armor Guards that the Heavenly Spring Saint Son brought were all dead. Even two of the servant girls were lost.

At that moment, the Red Concubine was prostrating on the deck of the warship with an expression of terror on her face.

”You mean that the Saint Son wanted to kill a small chef, but in the end, he was counter-attacked and got eaten up by the Black Taotie?” With his hands clasped behind his back, the elder's voice was authoritative as he asked the Red Concubine, who was trembling on the floor.

The Red Concubine nodded her head hurriedly. She did not dare to tell a single shred of a lie.

That time, she witnessed with her own eyes how the Heavenly Spring Saint Son was consumed and how his body was minced up by the Black Taotie.

That scene was like a recurring nightmare, and it still sent shivers down her spine whenever she recalled it.

”Preposterous! A Holy-Land Saint Son, falling in such a humiliating way. If the Amethyst Elder knew of how the Saint Son died, he would surely be blowing his top.” The elder exhaled lightly.

In the next instant, the warship begun heading towards the Valley of Gluttony.

While space warped around the ship, the air rippled continuously as the warship traveled along its trajectory.

”Has anyone been sent out to run a background check on the little chef? Isn't the little chef not someone from the Valley of Gluttony?” The elder asked.

A man clad in gold armor appeared and answered, ”I have already checked on him. The little chef isn't a native chef from the Valley of Gluttony. Instead, he is a chef from beyond the valley. He has a restaurant in the Heavenly Mist City of the Pill Palace.”

”Pill Palace? Are you sure it's the Pill Palace?” The elder's eyebrows creased as he turned to ask doubtfully.

...

The situation in the Pill Palace was now interestingly tense.

Black Crow held the God-Slaying Bow and planned to level the Pill Palace together with the Shura Army, but in the end, the bow was broken, and the army perished.

The entire Shura Army was almost completely routed, as if the Pill Palace had a kind of demonic sentience.

After the Amethyst Elder got wind of this, he immediately dispatched the Shadow Demons out to deal with the living spirits of the netherworld within the Pill Palace. However, there did not seem to be any news on that end.

In fact, during the battle of the Valley of Gluttony, some netherworld spirits seemed to have appeared.

What kind of relationship did that little chef have with the living spirits of the netherworld?

These thoughts ran through the elder's mind in an instant.

”No matter the case, we have to visit the Valley of Gluttony to mete out justice first. I haven't seen the Valley of Gluttony's Chu Changsheng for a long time. Today, I will have to exchange some pointers with him. As for the little chef, possessing the spirit of Taotie, together with the crime of causing the death of a Saint Son, was unforgivable. He cannot be allowed to live.”

”Golden Sabre, bring fifty Golden Armor Guards along with you to capture the little chef. As for the living spirits of the netherworld, take the God-Slaying Sabre,” the elder said with his hands clasped behind his back.

The man clad in gold armor was taken aback for a moment before saluting and moving off.

A while later, a small spirit raft descended from the warship.

The spirit raft was crafted from glass, and many intricate magical arrays were imprinted on its surface. The arrays glittered brightly, and with a flash and a boom, it sent the raft propelling outwards.

The elder watched on as the spirit raft disappeared, his lips curving into a smirk.

”It's time to finally settle things with Chu Changsheng.”

…

Rays of dawn sunlight shot in through the window.

The warm light shone on the slumbering Xiao Ya, causing her eyes to twitch slightly. With a twist of her body, her arm was lifted to cover her face.

She opened her eyes slowly as her blurry surroundings gradually came into focus.

White ceilings, soft bed, and a warm blanket….

And that comfortable, warm sunshine.

After taking in everything with her eyes, she seemed to be slightly dazed. She climbed up from her bed, her braid a little messy.

”Where am I?” Xiao Ya thought to herself bewilderedly as she looked around the room.

It was clean and tidy. This room was a very simple one.

”This bed's so comfortable. I feel like lying on it a little more.” She began bouncing on the bed, the softness of the quilt left her smiling.

Xiao Ya stepped off the bed bare-footed. On the other side of the bed, there was a large and unusual pair of shoes.

Xiao Ya slipped her feet into the shoes, dragging those large shoes with her as she sauntered towards the window.

After opening the window, several clamorous voices drifted into her ears.

”Oh! Owner Bu is finally back. I've waited for such a long time. I've craved for your food so much!”

”We can finally eat Owner Bu's food again! I'm so happy.”

”Why's this queue so long?! The people in front, move!”