"Fellow Daoists, since you have already done it, do you not dare admit it? Must I name each of you one by one?"
Zi Ningyuan's gaze swept across everyone present, seeming capable of seeing straight into their hearts. Yet all those gathered were seasoned old hands, gods who had cultivated for many years. How could they be so easily moved?
"The Yandu Alliance—what a fine name. But since it is an alliance concerning the entirety of Yandu Heaven, why does my Zi family know nothing about it?" As Zi Ningyuan spoke, a trace of anger seeped into his voice.
Had his grandson not discovered it by chance, he would still have been kept in the dark.
The Yandu Alliance sounded as though it encompassed all of Yandu Heaven, but in truth, it had nothing to do with the Zi family. And since the Zi family was a colossal force occupying more than half of Yandu Heaven, the alliance's purpose was now crystal clear.
Everyone's expressions finally changed. They were no fools. If the Yandu Alliance did not include the Zi family, then it was plainly formed to oppose the Zi family.
No wonder Zi Ningyuan looked so enraged. It seemed they had come with ill intent, intending to slap his face on the occasion of his grand birthday celebration.
"Zi Ningyuan, I do not know where the leak came from that allowed you to find out, but since matters have reached this point, it no longer matters!" At the main table, a white-haired old man with deer antlers slowly spoke.
His gaze was incomparably sharp, and the atmosphere throughout the venue seemed to turn icy in an instant, as though everyone had fallen into an ice cellar.
"Gasp, I never expected even a venerable senior like Old Deer to have