Wang Yue held his teacup and seemingly casually glanced toward the few people in the hall's corner discussing the missing disciples. He softly said to Zheng Gaocè, "Miss Rong said earlier that disciples from Misty Cloud Hall and the United Heart Gate lost contact while on their way here."
"Should we truly send people outside the city to search carefully? If something really happened, it might affect the mood for the opening of the treasure ground."
Hearing this, Zheng Gaocè waved a hand and said with a smile, "Rest assured, Brother Zhou. It's nothing."
"When those disciples travel, they carry tokens from their sects or clans, and they have a Grandmaster realm leader accompanying them."
"Ordinary martial artists would flee at the sight of those tokens. How would they dare make a move? Even if they truly encountered an expert capable of hurting them, that expert would have to weigh the consequences upon seeing the tokens. After all, no one wanted to offend forces like One Qi Misty Cloud Hall and the Three Fortunes United Heart Gate for no reason."
"Perhaps they got playful along the way and detoured somewhere else. They'll return in a couple of days."
Wang Yue secretly suppressed the unease stirring in his heart and said no more. It would not do if anyone noticed something amiss.
He nodded and followed Zheng Gaocè's lead. "By the way, what exactly is Juyong Prefecture? From Miss Rong's tone, it seems to have deep ties with your Zheng Family."
Zheng Gaocè pondered for a moment, gathering his words before saying, "Juyong Prefecture is a top-tier clan in Yù'ān Prefecture. In a sense, they can be considered half a sect.
"Years ago, several small sects and clans in Yù'ān Prefecture felt that fighting alone could never amount to much, so