"Why? Could you tell me? Please, tell me, will you?" In her desperation, Gu Longxiu grabbed my sleeve and pleaded pitifully. Even though she had lacked neither food nor clothing lately, and I had restored her Dao body, she was still only half-physical.
After all, her father had died suddenly. Telling her now would only deal her another blow, so it would be better to conceal it for the time being. After thinking it over, I said, "You probably won't want to hear about this right now. Stay here for now. I'll find out what happened and then tell you."
Gu Longxiu's face turned deathly pale in her anxiety, and she could only nod. "Please, once you find out everything, you have to tell me what happened, all right?"
"Don't worry. Even if she's a prisoner, I have no interest in violating my principles." I shook my head with a bitter smile, then drifted out of the side residence and returned to the conference room. By then, all the important figures had arrived, gathered together in full force.
When they saw me arrive, Beihu Yun spoke up. "The head of the Gu Long Lineage died suddenly. I only received the news just now. However, the Shengtu Lineage has already moved faster and entered the Gu Long Lineage. They intend to summon the Gu Long Lineage's descendants and quickly select a new head. This matter has already been concealed for a month or even longer, bypassing our intelligence network. They did this precisely to prevent the border from falling into chaos. This also shows just how weak our intelligence networks among the other hostile lineages truly are!"
The civil officials and military commanders erupted in an uproar. After all, this matter was simply too major, no less shocking than when they