The moment He Lingchuan turned away, the smile vanished from his face.

The previous night, he had released the nightmare into Steward Wu’s dream and managed to pry out some information. Everything had gone smoothly.

It seemed the person who also knew how to use nightmares to kill was not Steward Wu, but He Chunhua. The old man from the Li Family in Dunyu had most likely been killed by his cheap father.

With He Chunhua away at the moment, it was the perfect time for He Lingchuan to act.

He had now learned several things:

First, Steward Wu did not know Sun Hongye’s whereabouts, nor did he know about the Collected Commentary on the Jade Blossoms.

Does that mean He Chunhua is equally unaware? Did Sun Hongye truly leave on a sudden whim, entirely of his own accord?

Second, He Chunhua had indeed performed a rite of divine recompense, and he had indeed offered up his eldest son as the price for summoning Naluotian!

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