At the banquet on one side of Xiangxing Tower.
Beside the piled-up chairs stood a large crowd of officials and wealthy merchants who had just been attending the feast.
Among them was a plain-faced middle-aged man whose expression had remained one of shock on the surface.
Yet his eyes calmly watched everything happening within White Jade Crown.
When Wei He had charged through the gates without a care and wounded the gatekeeper.
He had felt a faint sense of satisfaction.
The people of Xuanmiao Sect truly knew how to scheme. With nothing more than a small trick, they had lured him into helping disrupt Xiangxing Tower's astral array.
One had to know that the most troublesome aspect of Xiangxing Tower was not its people, but its reconnaissance-type astral array.
Without that array, they could have snatched Shangguan Tong away in an extremely short time.
But with the array in place, their infiltration would become impossible to conceal.
A covert ambush would turn into a frontal assault. So long as Shangguan Tong delayed them even briefly, the other True People would surely arrive and surround them.
And Shangguan Tong had always hidden inside Xiangxing Tower without going out, leaving him no opportunity to act.
Now, though, things had turned out well.
Wei He of Xuanmiao Sect had acted, charging in headlong. With him blocking the way in front, he would be able to seize Shangguan Tong later with far greater ease.
But when he saw Wei He brazenly act and seize his target, Shangguan Tong, on the spot.
The smile vanished from the man's eyes.
He felt that he might have miscalculated.
He knew the people of Xuanmiao Sect were reckless, but he had not expected them to be reckless to this extent. In front of so many people, Wei He