Summit

"Something had gone wrong."

"It was said that the Hehuan Sect attacking Dazhong City had been defeated."

The Nascent Soul True Lords of the Alchemy Alliance looked at one another, each holding a golden silk letter, their expressions varied.

None of them had expected what should have been an earthshaking battle to end like this. Those who had originally waited to sell at the highest price felt their hearts thump, hollow as though they had lost something important.

If they had acted sooner, they might have gotten a share of the spoils.

But now, after waiting to sell at the highest price, they had instead missed such an immense opportunity.

This truly had been a feast.

"The Alliance Leader has arrived."

Amid soft chants, a cultivator in a dharma robe and milky-white mask walked in through the main hall the crowd had parted for him. He did not walk quickly, yet he was composed. Only after reaching the highest seat did he sit down. Picking up the brocade letter on the table and reading it for a while, he said, "So none of you know anything."

The cultivators lowered their heads in great shame.

They truly did not know exactly what had happened, nor how the Hehuan Sect had been so easily defeated even with the Beast King of the Beast Taming Sect aiding them. Even if they wished to scheme against the Taiyi Sect, knowing nothing at all left them unable to discern any concrete details.

"If you did not know, why did you not send someone to investigate?" The masked cultivator casually tossed the brocade letter onto the table.

"Reporting to the Alliance Leader, the Baleful Intent in the Sea of Ghosts has flared up again. Ordinary cultivators cannot adapt to it. Furthermore, Dazhong City has been sealed