If Su Lin takes a strike from the Great Elder, it might still be possible. After all, he is a person from the Ancient Sect, walking the world and possibly having some bizarre life-saving methods. However, a fair fight would be too shocking.

A person at most at the Enlightenment God Realm, fighting face-to-face without any conditions against the Qingqiu Great Elder who is already half a step into the realm of mastery—how could there be any suspense?

The Great Elder said, "Su Lin... does he dare?"

Fufeng said, "If he dares not, it will be considered a forfeiture. Qingqiu shall still target him, carrying out the revenge plan set by the Great Elder. Our few brothers and sisters, who are an eyesore to you, will still leave the Qingqiu fox register!"

The Great Elder sighed long: "I have no heart for competition, but to avoid the peril of Qingqiu, I... accept this wager!"

"With the Heavenly Fox as a contract!" Fufeng extended a hand, and an illusory Heavenly Fox pattern appeared in front of her.

"With the Heavenly Fox as a contract!"

The Great Elder’s fingers and Fufeng’s fingers met at this illusory Heavenly Fox pattern!

At this connection, the eyes of the Heavenly Fox blinked gently.

Indicating the contract has been completed!

The Great Elder smiled.

Fufeng also smiled.

Behind Fufeng, a wisp of voice from Fu Ling slipped into her ear: "Big sister, what exactly are you playing at?"

The voice was like a groan.

Utterly helpless.

Fufeng’s gaze slowly dropped, landing on the faces of the younger siblings: "Fu Ling, you transmitted the voice to me, how about I answer you in public?"

"The contract is set, regret comes too late, big sister, just speak!" Fu Ling sighed gently.

Fufeng said, "The reason I reached this Heavenly Fox Contract with the Great Elder is for only one purpose: to permanently expel this batch of treacherous traitors, even if our parents were bewitched by them and wish to keep them, it will be of no avail!"

Fu Ling’s brows furrowed suddenly.

His heart was like a tangle of octopuses...

Big sister, you stated this openly, it sounds quite gratifying, but you also need to have confidence, right? You let Su Lin have a duel with the Great Elder, it’s not even on the same level, not a match, absolutely without suspense, there’s fundamentally no unexpected outcome, right?

With us few in Qingqiu, we could barely contend against the Great Elder, now with a single contract, you’ve expelled us all from Qingqiu, and with the Great Elder doing whatever they please, who expels whom?

The Great Elder’s face turned ashen, but the smile still slowly emerged: "The Eldest Princess seems to have a deep misunderstanding about me, wanting to expel me, but alas, you chose the wrong method!"

Fufeng slowly turned: "Chose the wrong method?"

The Great Elder said, "Su Lin has no chance of winning!"

Fufeng smiled, an alluring smile: "Great Elder, Heart Pavilion sent you messages. Unfortunately, I’m back—I intercepted their urgent transmissions for you!"

The Great Elder’s smile abruptly froze.

Fufeng said, "The content of the transmission is about an incident three days ago, Su Lin, whom you see as a cultivation waste aside from being an official, sliced Jian Qingtian with a single sword!"

The Great Elder’s complexion changed drastically.

Everyone’s complexion changed.

Fufeng laughed: "If I remember correctly, last year the Great Elder even had a bout with Jian Qingtian and suffered defeat in seven swords, is it not? Now facing Su Lin who sliced Jian Qingtian with one sword, do you still think your duel with him is without suspense?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" the Great Elder said in a deep voice.

"Impossible? It seems you don’t believe what I said, then have a look at the various letters Heart Pavilion sent to the elders in the past three days! You should believe their words!" Fufeng reached out, a Half Moon Hairpin floating from her hair.

With a quiver of the Moon Hairpin, myriad gleams burst forth, the whole heavens and earth seemed to have stepped into an ancient Secret Realm.

Letters came from Heart Pavilion, and the recipients were almost all in this meeting hall.

The most sensational piece of news was an incident three days ago in Ning City, the capital of Huzhou: Su Lin convened the Seven Great Sect Masters of Huzhou for talks, and the Sect Master of Duan Jian Sect, Jian Qingtian, spoke harshly. Su Lin executed Jian Qingtian with a single sword stroke.

Special note: without any Official Seal augmentation, by the strength of his astonishing Sword Dao alone, he slew Sword Dao Master Jian Qingtian in a frontal assault.

The Great Elder trembled all over, staring fixedly at those letters.

The other elders were similarly pale, staring at their letters.

Today, Fufeng’s return to the clan offered them a chance to slay Su Lin directly, given its lack of suspense—such that the shrewd Great Elder also signed.

After signing, he repeatedly considered if he could take advantage of this rare opportunity to make a great contribution to the Mental Path by killing Su Lin.

However, in a blink, two heavy blows came one after another.

The first blow: Su Lin, by genuine ability, slew Jian Qingtian in a frontal assault—if he could kill Jian Qingtian, how could the Great Elder be his match? This utterly suspenseful wager was already inevitably lost within moments.

The second blow: their association with the Mental Path was completely revealed!

This hairpin is no ordinary hairpin: it is the Heavenly Fox Hairpin!

A hairpin left by the Heavenly Fox Ancestor in the past.

As the eldest daughter of the current generation, Fufeng was bestowed with it.

The greatest use of the Heavenly Fox Hairpin is to block and intercept the Heavenly Mechanism.

Even the Heavenly Mechanism can be intercepted—what information can penetrate its defense?

Fufeng’s return was not today.

On one hand, she obtained the latest intelligence from her younger sister Fu Fu, on the other, she silently set up a net sprawling the skies and the earth atop Qingqiu, quietly intercepting secret communications between various Heart Pavilion locations and the Qingqiu Elders.