Within the Imperial City, inside the Academy.
The aged Dean let out a soft sigh, filled with helplessness. "Once gone, why return?"
In the past, to block the powerhouse emerging from the depths of the palace, he nearly died in the imperial court... Although he emerged alive, his entire cultivation was destroyed.
The Emperor was furious. "For the sake of an outsider, you sacrificed yourself. Is this truly worth it?"
The Dean responded with a bitter laugh, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your blessing."
It was for this reason that after Lan Xiuzhi returned to the Imperial Dynasty, when everyone learned that the God within the Phoenix Cauldron had vanished, no one came to trouble him.
Because no one pays attention to a ruined man.
But he hadn't expected that the Imperial Dynasty would be engulfed in internal turmoil due to this, that Lan Xiuzhi would become a pawn, and that Chen Pingping would return here once again.
