"Elders arriving—"
Along with the duty deacon's loud call, the Golden Core and Purple Palace cultivators responsible for guarding the Soaring Dragon Archipelago all arrived at the Hall of General Affairs.
Everyone wore grave expressions. More or less, guesses had already formed in the bottoms of their hearts.
"We pay respects to the Matriarch."
"No need for such courtesy, everyone." Zhuang Yuechan nodded slightly and waved for them to take their seats.
"Matriarch, has the Vast Sea Archipelago fallen?"
The moment they sat down, a Brocade Banner cultivator could not wait to ask, and this was also the shared guess in the bottoms of everyone present's hearts.
Thousand Blades City's defection was no longer any secret now. Although Zhuang Yuechan had not explicitly said they were abandoning the Vast Sea Merchant Association, none of them were fools. Naturally, they understood the deeper meaning hidden beneath those words, "contract the defense."
Now that a Council of Elders had suddenly been convened, they naturally thought so.
Unexpectedly, Zhuang Yuechan shook her head and denied their guess. She took out a jade slip and handed it to the nearest Song Yuqing, saying, "This is news the Vast Sea Merchant Association just sent through the Teleportation Altar. All of you, take a look."
The more Song Yuqing read, the tighter his brows furrowed. Then, without saying a word, he handed it to True Person Chenghua, who had been sent by the Wanlong Merchant Association to assist.
Unexpectedly, after True Person Chenghua finished reading, he likewise fell into silence.
This could not help but make everyone present curious as to just what was recorded within that jade slip.
Seeing this, Zhuang Yuechan opened her mouth and cleared up their confusion. "True Person Kuohai said in his message that they already know about Thousand Blades City's