Just then, Li Qingchan looked at everyone with a grave expression and said slowly, "What comes next is the real issue. We may be in trouble."
"Trouble?" Chu Qing scratched his bald head and asked in confusion, "What trouble? Did those fellows from the Sacred Palace stir up something again?"
Li Qingchan looked at him and said softly, "While we were out receiving the sect disciples, our people opened another node, and then... they discovered a Seven-Colored Treasure Land there."
"A Seven-Colored Treasure Land?" Chu Qing was moved by the news, and even his lazy expression grew more serious. "Really? A Seven-Colored Treasure Land?! All the Seven-Colored Treasure Lands discovered by the sects during this period only add up to three, right? We actually found one?"
"A Seven-Colored Treasure Land?!"
"My heavens! It's a whole level above a Six-Colored Treasure Land!"
"What quality must the God-Building Treasures and Profound Tablet Tokens nurtured within possess?!"
Zhou Tai, Lü Yan, and the other chiefs cried out in shock, trembling all over with excitement! Six-Colored Treasure Lands were already rare. Seven-Colored Treasure Lands were practically legends!
"This should be an incredible stroke of fortune, shouldn't it?" Chu Qing was delighted at first, but then his face creased with worry. "But... fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. This Seven-Colored Treasure Land probably won't be easy to claim, will it?"
Li Qingchan nodded slightly. Her stunning face was filled with gravity as her cool voice confirmed everyone's concerns. "It is indeed a tremendous opportunity, but the problem is that this Seven-Colored Treasure Land happens to lie on the edge of the disputed region between the territories divided between our Cang Xuan Sect and the Sacred Palace."
She paused, a trace of chill entering her tone. "In other words, the Sacred Palace will never stand