Ever since Fang Chen had learnt about the existence of the Spirit Blood Sect, he had been suspicious of multiple people—Xia Yu being one of them. Li Huafeng's sudden recovery and promotion to the Qi Manipulation Stage were due to the pills given by Xia Yu. But where did Xia Yu obtain such divine, miraculous pills? If the pills had been able to heal Li Huafeng's injuries, they had to have been no ordinary pills; it was clear that these pills were made by a cultivator.0

Qin Shilang was affiliated with Xia Yu, and Liu Zhen, the ex-chief pacifier of the Valiant Saber Guards, was under Xia Yu's command. Xia Yu might not necessarily know what the Spirit Blood Sect was exactly doing in the Grand Xia Empire, but he likely had some understanding and should be aware that the sect’s disciples were absorbing the essence of the Grand Xia’s populace for their own use. But even the Ji Family from the Frost Water Empire...2