"What a delightful day! Not only have we received the support of all our immortal friends, we have also befriended an immortal friend as formidable as God Xia. This is truly a blessing for our Lingshan Dao Academy! Alas, it is just a pity that our Lingshan Dao Academy will probably have to disband in two days. When that happens, I fear we may never have another chance to drink with all of you again!" Academy Master Wei Ying let out a sorrowful sigh.
The immortals present had just finished a cup of wine, and upon hearing this, they immediately became furious one after another.
This kind of rhetoric was practically foolproof after three rounds of drinks.
An immortal man seated farther down the table immediately stepped forward and angrily whipped up the crowd. "Over the years, Immortal Lords Huyue and Yunlu have imposed exorbitant levies and monopolized commerce, raking in mountains of wealth! Now that they have acted against the natural order and been charged ten times the usual offering, they actually want to spread the cost among all of us! How can the immortal families here possibly tolerate this?"
"Exactly! By rights, they should be the ones paying this offering! Their treasure pavilions are overflowing with treasures that can never be exhausted, no matter how much is taken or used! I have already looked into it. That is precisely why the Five Great Immortal Realms set the price so high!" another female immortal immediately began speculating wildly.
"Exactly! The flooded drown, while the parched die of thirst! The two Immortal Lords have plundered the people's wealth throughout the city and have long since provoked the wrath of immortals and gods alike. If we let them continue like this, even if we manage to scrape by for a while,