Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Zhang Zhiyi was taken aback.

"Ying Ziyao?" Zhang Zhiyi sneered and said: "He’s as single-minded as his mentor Ying Tu, dumb as a rock! Other than that fool, you won’t find another willing to return to the Mortal World."

"Onto the third question."

This time, Xu Xingguang was silent for a long while before saying, "How many countries are you cooperating with? Is the Xia Country Alliance Government among them?"

Zhang Zhiyi couldn’t possibly carry out the Mortal World eradication plan on her own; there must be other presidents supporting her from behind.

"I won’t tell you who all my allies are, but I can tell you one thing: the Xia Country Alliance Government is not among them." This was also what angered Zhang Zhiyi the most.

She followed Mr. Jin for years and had secretly contacted the other party using the identity of Annihilation Sect’s leader. But Mr. Jin not only refused to cooperate with her but even ordered Jin Yunhai to hunt her down to the end.

Just a bunch of old fools like Ying Tu!

Upon learning that the Xia Country Alliance Government was not one of Zhang Zhiyi’s partners, Xu Xingguang felt slightly relieved. If even her own country chose to abandon its people, it would be too disheartening.

"I’ve answered three questions, how about giving me one more?" Xu Xingguang said with a sarcastic smile, "After all, you are my senior sister."

Zhang Zhiyi was not angry, merely said: "You can ask, but whether I’ll answer depends on my mood."

"The Rashomon sect leader Alex, after breaking with the Great Sheep Country, should have become a homeless dog, yet he rose again with the support of mysterious powers and founded Rashomon."

"Senior sister, the one secretly helping Alex, enabling him to kidnap the heirs of the hundred biggest noble families, was you, wasn’t it?"

Zhang Zhiyi covered her lips and chuckled lightly, "Alex is a brute, useless for anything serious. However, I indeed secretly gave him a hand and suggested that killing the young heirs would severely blunt the energy of the hundred biggest noble families."

She laughed innocently, "But I didn’t force him to do it. At most, I’m guilty of encouraging him."

"Alright, I understand." Nodding slightly, Xu Xingguang stood up and said, "I’m leaving."

Zhang Zhiyi suddenly grabbed Xu Xingguang’s wrist, "Xu Xingguang, why are you leaving? I did exactly as you asked, aren’t you going to detoxify your brother-in-law?"

"Detoxify?" Xu Xingguang laughed meaningfully and said, "I actually didn’t poison my brother-in-law."

Xu Xingguang walked to the bedside and snapped her fingers next to Xiahou Shang’s ear, and a small creature, half vermilion and half icy, crawled out from Xiahou Shang’s ear.

The creature appeared in Xu Xingguang’s palm, staying completely still.

Zhang Zhiyi stared at the creature, her pupils contracting, exclaiming in disbelief, "You actually possess an Ice and Fire Beast Insect! Isn’t this thing already extinct?" Even in the Divine Martial Realm, this creature was extinct; Zhang Zhiyi had only seen it in an ancient medical text.

"The treasures I possess are beyond your imagination." She intentionally provoked Zhang Zhiyi, successfully seeing envy in Zhang Zhiyi’s eyes, and then smiled contentedly.

Looking at the sleeping man on the bed, Xu Xingguang said, "Brother-in-law, I’ve clarified everything you wanted to know. What to do next is up to you."

Then Xu Xingguang gently knocked on the wall and said, "Mr. Jin, Commander Jin, you may come out now."

As soon as Xu Xingguang finished speaking, Zhang Zhiyi saw the white wall behind her split open from the sides, and two men wearing hospital gowns, sitting on the hospital bed, looked up. It was Jin Yunhai and his uncle!

Meanwhile on the bed, what was supposed to be the sleeping Xiahou Shang, opened his eyes, filled with shock as he gazed at Zhang Zhiyi.

At this moment, what could be unclear to Zhang Zhiyi?

She had been outsmarted by Xu Xingguang!

Every person in the Divine Martial Realm possesses their own unique superpower, Zhang Zhiyi’s superpower is sensing and transforming the shape of steel.

Earlier, when Xu Xingguang entered the room, Zhang Zhiyi used her spiritual power to inspect Xu Xingguang, but didn’t sense anything unusual about Xu Xingguang. Therefore, when Xu Xingguang asked those three questions, Zhang Zhiyi dared to tell her openly.

But Zhang Zhiyi never anticipated that, despite her scheming, Xu Xingguang was more adept at plotting than her.

"Xu Xingguang, when did you start scheming all this?" Even in defeat, Zhang Zhiyi wanted clarity.

"Yesterday morning, You Jiaoyang called me saying Xiahou Shang was acting odd, constantly rubbing his head. You Jiaoyang had been cautious of you for a while, and to be safe, he informed me about it."