The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1537: Chapter 1635: Knowing the Identity

Inside the Dugu Family’s grand hall, Dugu Fengyun paced restlessly, hands clasped behind his back, his face etched with anxiety.

Xu Xiuping was equally unsettled, worried about whether her husband could return home safely.

Dugu Nian and Fang Lin were also present, but both were comparatively composed, unlike the others who were noticeably tense and anxious.

“I can’t take it anymore, I should make a trip to Xuan City,” Dugu Fengyun declared to those around him, no longer able to contain himself.

“Grandfather, please remain calm,” said Dugu Nian gently.

Dugu Fengyun clenched his fists: “Your father and your cousin’s life and death are uncertain, how can I sit still?”

Dugu Nian gave a slight smile: “It’s okay, father and cousin will surely come back safely.”

Dugu Fengyun was about to speak again when suddenly, something flew into the hall and rolled to a stop before everyone’s eyes.

Except for Fang Lin and Dugu Nian, who kept their composure, everyone else’s faces turned pale with shock.

To their horror, it was a bloody severed head with eyes wide in fury and a face twisted with resentment and terror, clearly not long dead.

“Demon Suppressing King!” Dugu Fengyun nearly popped his eyes out in shock.

Xu Xiuping turned deathly pale; as a gentlewoman, she had never witnessed such a gruesome sight.

Several members of the Dugu Family, including Dugu Xiong and others like Dugu Fenglei, who sat quietly in the corner with a grim expression, were stunned by the sudden arrival of the Demon Suppressing King’s head.

This was the Demon Suppressing King – a figure that had recently driven the Dugu Family to fear, and now his head was lying right before them. The shock was beyond words.

The man in the Tiger-Head Mask appeared with Dugu Cangyun and Dugu Ruoxu in everyone’s view.

“Cangyun, Ruoxu!” Upon seeing the two, Dugu Fengyun was overjoyed and hurried forward to greet them.

But upon seeing the man in the Tiger-Head Mask, Dugu Fengyun dared not approach, his face overtaken by fear.

“An envoy of the Sky Swallowing Palace?” Dugu Fengyun stepped back cautiously, being the former Family Head of the Dugu Family – he was naturally familiar with the Sky Swallowing Palace.

The envoys in masks were mysterious and elusive, only making an appearance when impending death awaited someone.

This was a well-known saying throughout the Nine Countries, and for the Dugu Family, a power that could only stand in the Middle Three Kingdoms, both the Sky Swallowing Palace and its envoys were too distant.

Yet now, an envoy had appeared in their midst, and even brought the head of the Demon Suppressing King with him.

For a moment, Dugu Fengyun felt like his brain wasn’t functioning properly.

Dugu Cangyun and Dugu Ruoxu walked into the hall, and everyone immediately surrounded them, relieved to see that although they were injured, their lives were not in danger.

Both men saw Fang Lin and Dugu Nian, showing expressions of surprise and astonishment.

“Father, cousin,” Dugu Nian stepped forward, looking at Dugu Cangyun and Dugu Ruoxu.

“Nian’er, is that really you? You’ve finally come home,” Dugu Cangyun was overwhelmed with emotion, his face beaming with joy.

Dugu Ruoxu stared at Dugu Nian and Fang Lin, not expecting to see them within the family.

Suddenly, Dugu Ruoxu turned to look at the Tiger-Head Masked man standing outside the hall, then back at Fang Lin and Dugu Nian, and a strange and shocking thought suddenly emerged in his mind.

Could it be that the masked envoy from the Sky Swallowing Palace was invited by Fang Lin and Dugu Nian?

This thought had barely emerged before Dugu Ruoxu felt that it was increasingly likely. After all, the Dugu Family didn’t have the capability to invite a masked envoy from the Sky Swallowing Palace, whereas Fang Lin and Dugu Nian arrived at the Dugu Family at just the right time, and the man in the Tiger-Head Mask happened to go to Xuan City to rescue the two of them. All these coincidences together couldn’t just be a coincidence.

Fang Lin stepped forward and greeted Dugu Cangyun with a cupped fist salute, and Dugu Cangyun nodded repeatedly in response.

“Dugu, it’s been a long time since we last met.” Fang Lin looked towards Dugu Ruoxu and greeted him with a smile.

Dugu Ruoxu’s expression was complex. Years ago, he had a strong dislike for Fang Lin, always feeling that he was trying to ingratiate himself with the Dugu Family and bewitch Dugu Nian. He had even harbored thoughts of killing Fang Lin to end Dugu Nian’s infatuation.

But now, upon seeing Fang Lin again, Dugu Ruoxu no longer harbored his past thoughts; instead, he felt genuine respect for Fang Lin, mixed with a sense of inferiority.

“I didn’t expect you to come to the Dugu Family,” Dugu Ruoxu said in a deep voice.

Fang Lin nodded: “I came to visit the members of the Dugu Family.”

“Thank you for your rescue, I, Dugu Fengyun, am deeply grateful,” Dugu Fengyun bowed with a cupped fist towards the man in the Tiger-Head Mask.

However, the masked man did not react at all, as if he hadn’t seen Dugu Fengyun at all.

“You can step back now,” Dugu Nian walked over and said nonchalantly.

The man in the Tiger-Head Mask leaped up and disappeared from everyone’s sight.

Everyone was shocked as they watched Dugu Nian, and for a while, no one made a sound.

“Granddaughter, just now that…” Dugu Fengyun was at a loss for words, his own granddaughter could actually command the masked envoy from the Sky Swallowing Palace? What was going on?

Not only Dugu Fengyun, but everyone from the Dugu Family, except for Fang Lin, was looking at Dugu Nian with disbelief.

“Could it be…” Dugu Ruoxu’s face was filled with astonishment; he felt he might have guessed correctly.

Dugu Nian smiled slightly: “It’s nothing, just that the Sky Swallowing Palace was established by Fang Lin and me.”

Upon these words, there was a profound silence all around, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Fang Lin felt somewhat helpless; the Dugu Family had eventually found out about this, but there was no helping it, as it had just so happened that the Dugu Family was in a predicament.

“The Sky Swallowing Palace was established by you and Fang Lin?” Dugu Fengyun asked again, wondering if he had misheard.

Dugu Nian nodded solemnly.

Thud!

Dugu Nian’s second uncle was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, but nobody thought his reaction was too extreme, as they too were immersed in unimaginable shock.

Dugu Fenglei was shaking all over. When he thought about how he had been shouting at the founders of the Sky Swallowing Palace and even wanted to kick Fang Lin out of the Dugu Family, Dugu Fenglei had the urge to slap himself to death.

Dugu Cangyun and Xu Xiuping looked at Dugu Nian, their dearly beloved daughter now seemed so strange in their eyes, as if they didn’t recognize her at all.

“Family Head, the royal family of Ling Country has sent someone,” just then, a young member of the Dugu Family walked in, speaking as he walked.

But as he entered and saw everyone standing there like posts, not speaking, his face showed a puzzled look.

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