My starting summon is a small skeleton

Outside the Inheritance Land.

Jiang Yuexing's face was cold as she hovered in the air.

Behind her were the middle-aged man from before, and an old man who the middle-aged man had summoned.

From the middle-aged man's treatment of the elderly man, it was not difficult to infer that the elderly man was the middle-aged man's leader.

However, upon arriving and seeing Jiang Yuexing's expression, the leader wisely chose not to approach her and honestly stood behind the middle-aged man.

They stood there for nearly half an hour.

They continued to stand until Lu Wu had finished his tasks inside the Inheritance Land and everyone who had entered was transported out, yet the leader showed no sign of moving.

Even though Kong Yi, whom they had been watching for a long time, was not among those who came out, and the middle-aged man beside him was already impatient to take some action, the leader remained unmoved and even pulled the middle-aged man back.

He signaled him to wait and to endure.

The middle-aged man was confused, not understanding why they had to endure to such an extent against Jiang Yuexing.

Although Jiang Yuexing had indeed risen recently, no longer just a figurehead, and had begun to take control of Jiangnan,

She was now the genuine Governor, but they also had powerful backers!

Behind them was the Elder Council!

There was no reason or logic to be afraid of Jiang Yuexing!

Meanwhile, on Jiang Yuexing's side, she completely ignored the two men, her eyes fixed on Lu Wu.

At that moment, Lu Wu looked somewhat miserable, with his body battered and tattered, and traces of blood that had not yet dried. However, he appeared to be in good spirits overall.

After confirming that there were no issues on Lu Wu's side, Jiang Yuexing did not say much.

With a wave of her hand, she led the members of Squad 042 and simply left.

Throughout the whole time, she did not even glance at the two men behind her.

"She just left like that?" The middle-aged man's face displayed disbelief. "You just let her go like that?"

"What else could be done?" the leader answered with a tone of helplessness.

"You should have stopped her!

The moment Kong Yi's presence disappeared, she immediately came over. There must definitely be a problem. Now that Kong Yi has disappeared, we should make her cooperate with our investigation!"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the leader was even more helpless.

"You are still too young. Do you believe that if you had dared to stop her just now, you would have been splattered with blood!"

"She wouldn't dare? We are from the Elder Council!"

As the words 'Elder Council' were spoken, the middle-aged man puffed out his chest a bit, as the organization clearly gave him considerable support and confidence.

However, the leader's next sentence made him shiver.

"Elder Council? She has killed members of that council before!"

"She, she has killed members of the Elder Council?"

The middle-aged man turned timid, carefully asking.

But his leader obviously didn't want to dwell on this topic. "Enough, let's not worry about this and focus on investigating Kong Yi's situation.

We all know what kind of person Kong Yi is.

He is the most notorious and most horrifying among the Evil Summoners.

Unbelievably cunning and extremely strange, ever since he began to meddle with that item, we had watched him and clashed with him countless times, and he has escaped many of those encounters.

So, I wasn't surprised that he managed to escape this time."

"After all, with his abilities, it's impossible that he didn't know we were watching him.

You tell me, if you were him and you knew we were keeping an eye on you, would you dare to take the risk without being sure?"

"Of course not!"

The middle-aged man cooperated honestly, and the leader was quite pleased.

"You see, even you have that sense of awareness, let alone Kong Yi.

So, I'd already prepared for the eventuality that Kong Yi would slip away from us once again after leaving the Inheritance Land.

It's not a big deal since what he obtained in the Inheritance Land was merely a clue, and not the final result.

Let him run, since in his quest for that item, he will surely appear again, and we will continue to monitor him."

"But I am still curious, how exactly did he escape?"

The middle-aged man asked a very good question, giving the leader a chance to show off.

"It's not difficult to deduce how he escaped.

He had once cleared the Inheritance Land before, although not this side, he definitely did clear it, and he probably held an Inheritance Order, which is one point.

Additionally, there's Jiang Yuexing.

He must have noticed the life-saving measures Jiang Yuexing had for Lu Wu, so he must have first taken control of the Trial Tower, then purposefully activated Jiang Yuexing's life-saving methods, and later released control.

This way, as the Trial Tower returned to its rules, it would eliminate any force not supposed to be in the Trial Tower.

He used this power to break free from our control and seized the chance to escape."

Listening to the leader's analysis, the middle-aged man was immensely impressed.

"This Kong Yi is indeed incredibly cunning, truly living up to his reputation as the most elusive and hardest to kill among the Evil Summoners.

Such a cunning opponent, only you could handle him well."

Well, the middle-aged man's flattery was not bad, and the leader found it quite comforting.

"Alright, enough of that.

You go get to work. Take control of Kong Yi's two teammates, and also make contact with the other three.

As for the people Jiang Yuexing took away, as long as they are still in Fucheng, there's no need to bother.

She has suffered a great loss and is not likely to just let it go, doing anything more would only provoke her further."

"She's really angry right now, and provoking her is definitely asking for trouble!"

The leader's survival instinct was strong, knowing well enough not to provoke the proverbial 'tail of a tiger.'

Once the middle-aged man found out that Jiang Yuexing had killed people from the Elder Council, he became cautious.

He made it clear he would not mess with this 'tigress.'

After the middle-aged man left, the leader's expression turned grave.

"What a Kong Yi, able to escape so easily despite our tight encirclement. He truly is a tough opponent!

But you've just run out of luck, next time I definitely won't let you escape!"

On one side, the middle-aged man and the leader discussed Kong Yi.

On the other, Lu Wu who was sent home by Jiang Yuexing, was also talking about Kong Yi.

It was only then that Lu Wu learned in the Trial Tower, Kong Yi had tried to make a move on Dudu.

Lu Wu was furious!

His wife had already turned into a chubby girl, and yet someone dared to target her, it was utterly insane!

How could Lu Wu bear it?

He immediately hugged his rich woman's thigh.

"This bastard, to think he dared bully our Dudu! Godmother, let's catch this guy and grind him to feed Tuantuan!"

Hearing that he would be fed, Tuantuan immediately perked up, popping his head out from Dudu's arms and barked twice.

After realizing that no one was listening to him, nor was anyone going to feed him, he reluctantly returned to the mountains.

At this moment, Jiang Yuexing's focus was not on Kong Yi.

"Why did you give her the ring I gave you?"

"Huh?" Lu Wuyi was taken aback.

That's not what we were talking about?

But Jiang Yuexing didn't care; she wanted to discuss this and continued interrogating: "Are you smart enough to not understand why I gave you this ring or what its purpose is?"

"Of course, I know it's to protect me. It has the skills 'Damage Sharing,' 'Powerful Protection,' and 'Power of Rich Woman'!"

Lu Wuyi regretted mentioning it as soon as he did, as Jiang Yuexing's expression turned even colder.

"Knowing that, you still gave the ring to her?"

"I was just worried about her! She's so naive, and in that situation, she needed the protection more than me.

My skin is thick, I won't die that easily, and besides, I still have you. You're even closer than my mom, you definitely won't let anything happen to me."

Sometimes, women are easy to deal with.

A single phrase could settle things, and with Lu Wu's phrase, the iciness on Jiang Yuexing's face melted.

In fact, her anger stemmed from the fact that this ring incident reminded her of a similar past event.

Someone had transferred something she gave to them to another girl.

So when she saw the thing she gave to Lu Wu on Dudu, her anger erupted.

But Lu Wu's sweet 'godmother' brought Jiang Yuexing back from her memories.

She then remembered, this was her godson.

From a mother's perspective, knowing the danger he faced, Lu Wu still gave the ring to Dudu and trusted her unconditionally to save him.

Jiang Yuexing's anger dissipated.

She then decided not to dwell on the ring and steered the conversation back to Kong Yi.

"Besides Dudu, has anyone else seen that man?"

"Seems not, I don't think I've seen him!"

Lu Wu thought for a moment; indeed, he had not, although it seemed a giant black rat had scurried past which probably wasn't Kong Yi. He wouldn't stoop to such a level of appearing blatantly before him, right?

"I haven't seen him either!"

Lin Jianying also shook his head.

"I haven't seen anyone else since entering the Trial Tower."

Lin Jianying himself found it strange that he hadn't encountered him even once in the restroom; it didn't make sense that he wouldn't seek him out in the Trial Tower of all places.

He tried hard to remember, but it seemed he truly hadn't.

Clearly, it appeared he had forgotten that part of his memory.

Jiang Yuexing had anticipated this result.

The same as another leader's guess, Kong Yi's disappearance had two possibilities, either he died or he escaped.

The possibility of death was slim as Kong Yi was powerful and resourceful; even Jiang Yuexing herself would struggle to kill him.

So his most likely option was that he escaped, using her power.

"He's not simple, looks like he has already escaped. Also, don't leave Fucheng recently and since you gave her the ring, don't stray too far from her."

Though the chances of Kong Yi returning were slim, Jiang Yuexing still felt it necessary to remind Lu Wu.

Her reminder made Lu Wu panic.

"That guy is that strong?"

"Decades ago, he was already at Master level, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Lu Wu suddenly became tense. Despite recently gaining a surge of power, he now felt like he was ready to face a beating.

He felt the urgent need to become more powerful soon!

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