Fu Zhi watched Fu Yinhong, who flew into the room with an uncontrollable flow of emotions.
This was his daughter.
He had not seen her in the four years he had locked himself up to study the spiritual array.
Although he had wanted to catch up with his daughter, the excitement of seeing her once again was quickly overwhelmed by the bad news that he had yet to break to the rest.
He could reminisce about his daughter at a later time. The issue at hand was that the Cardinal Wheel was lost. There was a possibility that the existence of the White Cave was in danger.
“Fu Yinhong!”
The moment he called out, the men felt like they had gone back in time to the decades before.
The familiar yet foreign commanding voice made everyone’s body tense as they stopped in their tracks. They stood silently and still, awaiting the command.
“Present!”
Tears were pouring from the frame of Fu Yinhong’s eyes.
However, even at this moment, she had maintained her composure. Her terrifying presence stood out strongly from the others around her.
Fu Zhi inhaled deeply and instructed calmly, “Immediately lockdown the City Lord Mansion, forbade anyone from leaving, and activate code Sovereign.”
All of the men were stunned and unsure of what had occurred.
Liu Qing was no exception. He was stunned by the sudden seriousness in his tone.
Had a Sovereign individual snuck into the City Lord Mansion and caused the destruction of this scale?
He gazed at the sea of flowers and realized that the situation was not as straightforward as she thought.
“What happened, Elder Fu?”
Could it be that Fu Xing was right about the situation?
Was Xu Xiaoshou the one responsible for the destruction that had wrecked the place?
He did not know that the issue of the sea of flowers had already been settled by Fu Zhi.
If Xu Xiaoshou was unaware of the Divine Secret, it would not be possible for him to meddle with the Cardinal Wheel.
There must have been someone who used the chaos to steal the treasure from right under his eyes.
“Don’t bother asking. I’m not too sure.”
Fu Zhi swept his hand to the side and reprimanded, “Some thief must have snuck amidst the banquet at the City Lord Mansion tonight. Your defense was too weak!”
“Yes!”
Fu Yinhong bowed her head and turned to leave with Liu Qing.
Her father’s solemn expression reflected the gravity of the situation at hand.
As she turned, her spiritual senses picked up a figure who had arrived at the scene.
This was the target everyone was looking for. The eyes of the men lit up with delight.
With confirmation from both Fu Xing and Fu Zhi, and the coincidence of the explosion that had occurred in this place, there was only one undeniable suspect.
Xu Xiaoshou.
“Father I have located the thief!”
The bright eyes of Fu Yinhong portrayed the joy in her heart. With a yell, she summoned the spiritual energy in her body and charged toward the freshly arrived young man.
A look of surprise unfurled on Liu Qing’s face too.
He had seen this young man before.
In their first encounter, the man was still as a corpse and lying in the sack behind the scruffy-looking man.
He may have used some form of technique to conceal himself, but the presence was unmistakable.
The culprit had turned himself in.
Liu Qing felt a tug of panic as Fu Yinhong launched herself toward Xu Xiaoshou.
Fu Zhi had already determined the level of the operation was on the Sovereign level. This meant that Xu Xiaoshou must have special secrets he was not aware of.
If he had fearlessly flown into the sea of flowers, he must have an ace up his sleeve.
Fu Yinhong was too careless with her actions.
With a wave of her hand, she connected the Way of the Heavens and summoned a terrifying imprisoning power that she sent to seal Xu Xiaoshou’s body.
She instantly captured Xu Xiaoshou.
Imprisoned, Passive Points +1.
This sudden attack caught Xu Xiaoshou off guard.
He was one step behind from the rest, but he was greeted by many of Fu Zhi’s men at his arrival.
The crowd aside, why did Fu Zhi command his men to go after him the moment he arrived despite the friendly conversation they shared previously?
He wondered if the older man was putting up an act all this time.
But what purpose did he have to do that?