The Shouyang Dao Discussion Conference had ended!
When they came, dozens of evasive lights had gathered like streaming stars.
When they left, they drifted away in twos and threes with the wind.
Luo Chen stood atop Shouyang Mountain with his hands behind his back, gazing at the departing evasive lights. The confidence of having every stratagem in his grasp was gone from his face, replaced by a faint melancholy.
Behind him, Canglong and Gu Cai Yi looked at his tall back with worship in their eyes.
The list of attendees from earlier was currently in Canglong's hands.
"Thirteen Upper Sects, plus the independent cultivator Bo Hanjun—twenty-five people in total. Everyone who left their name agreed to help Senior Brother take action this time."
"Besides that, there are four Nascent Soul True Persons from Dongyang Sect remaining at the mountain gate. Dongyang Great Elder also promised to bring them along when the time came."
"Senior Brother, we will definitely succeed this time, won't we?"
Luo Chen did not answer. He merely paced slowly along the edge of the sheer cliff.
Gu Cai Yi was the best at reading expressions. Catching sight of Luo Chen's melancholy profile, she could not help feeling puzzled.
"Husband, why are you unhappy after bringing this matter together? Could there be some unforeseen variable?"
Unforeseen variables?
Luo Chen halted and let out a soft sigh.
Of course there were unforeseen variables!
What had truly made everyone agree to this plan were two Spirit Transformation beings!
Whether it was Deng Taiyue's brazen killing of two Dao Sect True Persons as his token of allegiance, the powerful alliance between the Human Race and Demon Race of the Eastern Wasteland, or the tempting Spirit Transformation opportunity offered by the Clarified Butter Pill, all of those were ultimately only contributing causes.