Chapter 581: Longevity

"I heard the sound of iron chains, but it quickly disappeared," Jiang Qingluan suddenly said. "You all must have heard it too."

"We heard it," sighed Zhang Songde, "but we couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from." Now, everyone had lost all hope that Tang Zerun was still alive, but finding his body was of utmost importance—the body was the best clue.

Compared to "Yuan Ruoci's" death, the disappearance of Tang Zerun was even more mysterious. After all, he vanished right before everyone's eyes, and even his body was gone.

Suddenly, Yang Xiao recalled the pair of legs he had seen at the threshold when entering. As soon as he mentioned this, Xiang Fengchen's brow furrowed. "The people at the manor had predicted it correctly. I think Yuan Ruoci was lured here by tonight's longevity celebration, but she couldn't enter the hall and was stopped by the threshold. She had to find someone 'to borrow' a body from."