Autumn Learning Palace was merely an honorific title. She directly controlled thirteen academies and was also the immediate superior of their academy masters.
Her real name was Qiu Hanyan. Within the Dao Sword Palace, her status was second only to the three Grand Elders and the current palace master.
When those palace masters saw her, they all saluted.
The palace master of Upper Sword Palace smiled faintly, then asked, "I wonder how your negotiations with Elder Qi went, Autumn Learning Palace?"
Qiu Hanyan gave her a cool glance and replied flatly, "Not well..."
"I would like to know whether our Dao Sword Palace truly intends to honor the reward for recovering the cenotaph." The palace master of Sword Burial Palace, Yue Baili, also asked.
"The reputation of Dao Sword Palace is plated with gold and silver throughout Seven Stars Province... Naturally, we will honor what should be honored... But what does that have to do with you?" Qiu Hanyan replied.
After Qiu Bolan disappeared, Dao Sword Palace had once made an agreement: if his cenotaph was ever recovered, the position of Dao Sword Palace's master would be put up for election again.
Many years had passed in a flash, yet the cenotaph had never been found. The current palace master had long since settled firmly into that position.
No one had expected that, even now, Qiu Hanyan would truly be able to bring back her father's cenotaph. By rights, the palace master should have been reelected.
Dao Sword Palace was now split into two factions. Even the three Grand Elders were outwardly cordial but inwardly at odds.
Two of the three Grand Elders supported the current palace master and did not agree with holding another election. As a result, disputes had also arisen within Dao Sword Palace...
That was why