Baihua Tower, top floor.
Once Fei Yan saw that everyone had arrived, she said, "Divine Might has sent word. The City Lord is suspected to have emerged from seclusion."
The moment those words fell, everyone present wore expressions of shock.
"No wonder the celestial phenomena on Douluo Continent have been chaotic lately, and the stars have dimmed. So that lord has returned..."
Yue Shen lowered her head slightly and said, "But how should we conduct ourselves from here on?"
Baihua Tower had been separated from Divine Might for several thousand years. Though they were still in contact and even held posts under its command.
They were like feudal lords enfeoffed by an empire.
It would have been one thing if they held no authority, but now that they wielded great power, how would they be arranged once they returned?
As said before, their loyalty to Xiao Tianyang was beyond question, and betrayal was basically impossible.
Yet once one had held power for too long, it could become equally intoxicating—something impossible to forget and difficult to relinquish.
Yue Shen's words plunged everyone present into silence.
Only one person was an exception: Duanmu Rong.
"Madam once left behind three directives. One of them was that without that lord's orders, we must not act rashly."
"And let me ask one more question, Pavilion Master. Where did this intelligence come from?"
Fei Yan replied indifferently, "The Shenwu Spirit sent it through the Nine Dragon Guards."
"Furthermore, Esdeath learned of this information before we did, and she has already begun taking action."
The Grand Commander frowned slightly and asked, "What do you mean by taking action?"
Fei Yan answered, "Exactly what it sounds like."
"The Shenwu Spirit could not possibly have given the intelligence to us alone, so it gave it to her as well."