"Hmph, the Grand Clarity Palace! No matter where that junior has gone, since he dared to kill my Direct Disciple, I will make him pay the price he deserves. And those three secret treasures may well depend on that Qin Fengming, too. I will go to the Grand Clarity Palace right now, find that junior, and avenge Zou Rui."
A red-faced old man abruptly rose, his expression livid as he spoke with bitter hatred.
"Do not be hasty, Senior Brother Tang Ze. This matter does not concern you alone. Ever since the Old Ancestor learned that those three treasures had been gained and then lost again, he has issued strict orders for us to investigate with all our strength. Now that we have a lead, the Nine Nether Palace cannot sit with its hands tied. Since that man may be connected to the three treasures, the Nine Nether Palace must respond. We will dispatch ten True Immortals to search for that junior alongside Senior Brother Tang Ze. We must capture him and trace the whereabouts of the three secret treasures."
A middle-aged cultivator seated on the wooden couch in the center waved his hand, immediately stopping True Immortal Tang Ze.
"Exactly, Senior Brother Tang Ze. This concerns our Nine Nether Palace. Since that junior managed to reach the Grand Clarity Palace Territory, he is certainly no ordinary ascender."
Others voiced their agreement, and a clamor rose in the great hall.
"Palace Master Xin Ren, this matter is of great importance. Sending a dozen or so people into the Grand Clarity Palace Territory to search for one man would still leave us far too thinly spread. Why not secretly issue a bounty for that Qin Fengming? We can inform the first-rate sects and super sects within the Nine Nether Palace Territory