After a long while, Li Ximing sighed inwardly, Profound Peak Mountain and Shanji Prefecture are no longer things my family can hold on to.0

Li Ximing had considered the Purple Smoke Gate's stance, but he had not expected Tinglan to speak of killing Kong Haiying without the slightest hesitation. It was a revelation that truly surprised him.4

Tinglan had spoken from the Purple Smoke Gate's perspective earlier, and Li Ximing clearly understood that they had no intention of occupying Shanji. However, they did intend on inviting a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator as a shield and to build goodwill… and his family's presence in the region was, to some extent, obstructing that plan.0

Yet his thoughts did not stop at the Purple Smoke Gate. In the next moment, another name surfaced in his mind, Yehui!0

If the emergence of another Purple Mansion Realm cultivator in Shanji Prefecture...0