"You tell me, why were you putting on such airs? Wouldn't it have been better to build a good relationship?"
"Now you know you were wrong?"
Ye Nian's expression was extremely ugly as he reproached himself within the main hall.
Only after a long while did some of the gloom on his face fade. "Good thing there's Ye Qiu. That brat finally did something sensible for once."
"His relationship with Lin... ah, Peak Lord Lin seems quite good. In the future, my Ye family's status will rise with the tide."
Ye Nian muttered, the delight on his face growing ever stronger.
Meanwhile, on Asura Peak.
The lively, celebratory atmosphere gradually faded, yet the news of Lin Xuan's battle with Mu Jingfeng did not die down. Instead, it spread with even greater fervor.
Before long, the news seemed to have grown wings and flown beyond Divine Firmament, sweeping through the entire Southern Region at an astonishing speed before stirring up towering waves in the Central Region.
Brahma Sound Temple and the War Clan were both alarmed.
Their higher-ups wore incomparably grim expressions. Then, each took out Transmission Talismans and began contacting the various factions.
An unprecedented storm was brewing. It was simply unknown when it would erupt.
Within Asura Peak's main hall, Ye Qiu led people about in a flurry of activity.
Before Lin Xuan became the peak lord, the main hall had remained sealed.
Now that Lin Xuan had become the peak lord, the restrictions were naturally lifted.
Ye Qiu and the others, who had long intended to follow Lin Xuan, entered the main hall at the first opportunity.
Lin Xuan had always been someone who feared trouble, so he directly handed every matter over to Ye Qiu.
Although Ye Qiu's cultivation was not high, and he was not an