The House of Prosperity.

A private dining room on the first floor.

Madam Cuiyun was currently sitting upright, her expression respectful.

She sat across from a stunning beauty with long, snow-white hair, a simple white dress, and a calm, elegant bearing. Her features were clear and stunning, and although she was in her thirties, she looked barely a day over twenty.

She sat there casually, cold as ice and proud as snow. Just looking at her left others with a chilling, prickling sensation.

Zhu Guqing!

She was one of Heaven’s Origin Academy’s nine elders and a Martial Dao Grandmaster whose name shook all six prefectures of the Imperatorial Province!

“The three dharma protectors of this branch of Deathbringer’s gate include the Blood Balance Daoist. He’s a withered old man with a sinister, cruel disposition. He’s in the second level of the Inner Furnace Realm. In the Imperatorial Province’s branch of the Deathbringer’s Gate, he’s a top expert, second only to Branch Leader Huyan Hai.

“The Blood Balance Daoist excels at controlling ghosts and summoning malevolent spirits. The power of his soul is strange and terrifying. He can silently enter his opponents’ mental seas. Once he...