You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

Cangzhou, Primordial Mountain.

Clouds and mist shrouded the area, and majestic peaks loomed faintly.

A solitary peak that towered a thousand ren broke through the sea of clouds, and around the peak, in the Void, one could see talismans that appeared and disappeared, countless talismans forming a giant Barrier that enveloped the entire peak completely.

At the edge of a cliff, the biting cold wind wantonly blew against a Welcoming Pine on the sheer precipice.

Hong Xi sat at the edge of the cliff, staring blankly at the Welcoming Pine on the precipice.

"Master?"

Suddenly, a child-like voice sounded behind her.

Hong Xi turned her head to look, and managed a slight smile, saying, "How did you come here?"

"Master seems a little unhappy," Lin Yue said, "Didn't Master say that you were going to Jingzhou today?"

"I... I also don't know what's going on..."

Hong Xi sighed and said, "But I have a bad feeling. Ever since the Patrol Envoy confirmed that I am the granddaughter of the Ninth Prince, the Sect Leader of Primordial Sect has been looking at me strangely, and they have set up a Barrier around this mountain, forbidding me from leaving."

Lin Yue naturally understood what she was talking about.

After the battle of the Sky Cloud Country, the Ninth Prince and his children were murdered, and the Prince Lin Mansion immediately became weak. To prevent the Prince Lin Mansion from rising again, the princes and princesses hostile to the Ninth Prince assigned many crimes to him.

No need to mention the common accusation of colluding with the Demon Clan.

They also 'discovered' evidence that the Ninth Prince was secretly in league with the Sky Cloud Country, saying that the Ninth Prince also intended to rebel...

If the Ninth Prince were still alive, these accusations naturally wouldn't hold up against him, but what could a powerless dead man do to clear his name?

The entire Prince Lin Mansion was implicated, those with ranks were stripped of them, and the descendants of the Imperial Family were also removed from their positions.

Without the protection of the country's fate, what could the descendants of a prince do?

Nothing but a title remained.

Other forces naturally saw it as an opportunity to kill if they wished.

"You once said my life was shrouded in loneliness and isolation," Hong Xi sighed, "You really weren't wrong..."

"I was just talking nonsense," Lin Yue shrugged, "Haven't you heard of children's innocence?"

"It's okay."

Hong Xi turned her head to look at Lin Yue, reached out to pinch his cheek, and smiled, "Although Master can't take you out of here, if something really happens, I will make sure you're not involved."

"Don't worry, Master, you'll be fine," Lin Yue grinned.

Just then—

Suddenly, a seven-colored radiance flew in from the horizon. With the eyesight of a cultivator, one could clearly see that within the radiance were three noble and beautiful phoenixes.

"Seven-colored phoenixes?" Lin Yue raised his eyebrows slightly.

Those who were qualified to ride the seven-colored phoenixes were all important figures of the Imperial Family, if not Commandery Princess or Prince, then the children of princes and princesses.

A mere granddaughter of a commandery prince wasn't enough to attract the attention of princes and princesses.

The arrival of such a high-ranking figure from the Imperial Family already meant that they were taking the situation seriously.

"Even though the Ninth Prince didn't have much to do with the Sky Cloud Country, he fought against the Twelfth Prince for a long time. The Twelfth Prince's faction, in order to root out the problem completely, deliberately slandered the Ninth Prince of secretly collaborating with the Sky Cloud Country to plot a rebellion..."

Lin Yue gazed thoughtfully at the rainbow clouds, "If it's a descendant of a prince who's coming, could it be the child of the Twelfth Prince?"

...

"I am Primordial Child, and I have come to pay my respects to Prince Xun," said the Sect Leader of Primordial Sect as he, along with several elders of Primordial Sect, respectfully prepared a banquet to welcome the arrival of the noble figure from the Imperial Family.

Sitting in the main seat of the palace on the first peak of Primordial Mountain was a pale-faced young man, dressed in the attire of a commandery prince, with a hint of a cordial smile on his lips.

The Sect Leader of Primordial Sect had also heard that among the four children of the Twelfth Prince, three had been made commandery princes and princesses. This Prince Xun was one of them.

However, it was said that a few years ago, the daughter of the Twelfth Prince—the Commandery Princess Cang Yan, had been murdered.

"It's really too kind of you to help, Sect Leader of Primordial Sect," said Prince Xun with a pale face and a friendly smile, "Where is the remainder of Prince Lin Mansion now?"

"Prince Xun, please hold," said the Sect Leader of Primordial Sect, "Although she is a descendant of a criminal, so many years have passed, and the great Prince Lin Mansion has already collapsed. What's left is just a powerless young girl, who is unaware of anything. Could Prince Xun possibly let her go?"

"Let her go?"

Prince Xun replied indifferently, "The former Prince Lin colluded with the Demon Clan, and also secretly conspired with the Sky Cloud Country's rebels to plot a rebellion. How could such actions be tolerated?"

The Sect Leader of Primordial Sect's brow furrowed slightly.

Any discerning person knew that these crimes were nothing more than a way to strike against Prince Lin Mansion and strip it of the country's fate's protection, forcefully attributed to the Ninth Prince.

In reality, Prince Lin Mansion was merely an innocent party.

But right and wrong were difficult to determine, and many outcomes are unrelated to the facts.

He too was just trying to save such a talented disciple who had appeared in Primordial Sect.

However, given Prince Xun's attitude, his determination to completely eradicate his targets was clear!

"Prince Xun, this girl is just one person after all."

The Sect Leader of Primordial Sect said, "If Your Highness is still worried, why not let Primordial Sect supervise her? We can make her swear never to enter Di Hong City in this life, how about that?"

Prince Xun did not answer him, but simply watched the Sect Leader of Primordial Sect with a smile, speaking softly, "Primordial Child, are you taking too much upon yourself? Or perhaps thinking too much? Does Primordial Sect now dare to interfere with matters of Prince Cheng Mansion?"

With this remark, the expression on the Sect Leader of Primordial Sect's face couldn't help but change.

The atmosphere in the hall instantly became tense.

"Not listening to reason, huh? So ungrateful for the face I'm giving you, is that it?"