All the top experts of the Northern Region had gathered at the border between the Eastern and Northern Regions.
On the surface, the Northern Region was still led by Tang Xiong, Patriarch of the Heavenly Dao Clan. He remained the supreme commander of the Northern Region's allied forces on the front line.
But in reality, the ancestors of the Northern Region's Soul Refinement Sect, Soul Refining Sect, Corpse Refinement Sect, and Heavenly Dao Clan had secretly formed a "Supreme Council," taking over all affairs in the Northern Region.
In simple terms, everything that happened along the border between the Eastern and Northern Regions was decided by the Northern Region's "Supreme Council," then passed on to Tang Xiong, Patriarch of the Heavenly Dao Clan, for execution.
Thus, the Northern Region experts who had currently arrived in the Xuanjing Clan still consisted only of those publicly known. The hidden powerhouses had yet to show themselves.
Although they had not shown themselves, they had clearly all gathered within the Xuanjing Clan.
Tang Xiong, Patriarch of the Heavenly Dao Clan, ran a hand over his gleaming bald head, furrowed his thick brows, and said coldly,
"Lin Bai actually rescued the Eastern Region's Saints and Holy Daughters, then returned from the Soul Refinement Sect to the border."
"Wouldn't that round trip have taken at least two or three months?"
Tang Xiong suddenly raised his head, his sharp gaze sweeping across the entire gathering.
"Lin Bai has been gone from Eternal Night Pass for nearly two or three months. He even rescued the Eastern Region's Saints and Holy Daughters from the Soul Refinement Sect, yet we still didn't know he wasn't in Eternal Night Pass."
"Heh. I wonder what that intelligence-gathering team has been doing!"
"Does the Soul Refining Sect have no explanation?"
The Patriarch of