The Council Hall also fell into a brief silence, like the harsh night outside.
Everyone's expressions were grave.
If the other side's trap had been laid by the Penglai Demon Sect, then no matter who the Ye Family sent on this trip, something could go wrong.
After all, having suffered so many times, Penglai would never again leave the Ye Family any opening to exploit.
"Penglai is only one possibility, and a slim one at that." Ye Xingliu looked outside. Without their noticing, the night had swiftly passed amid their contemplation, and a pale fish-belly white had already emerged at the edge of the sky.
"After the chaos at Purple Cry Prefecture, aside from paying compensation, Penglai's Nine Infants also promised the Spirit Transformation Factions that they would not casually make a move against subordinate factions!"
This restraint was far stronger than before. If Penglai truly threw all caution to the wind and attacked Ye Family members—
The other Spirit Transformation cultivators of the Central Region would absolutely stand with the Righteous Path Sect. They might not destroy Penglai, but Penglai's losses would certainly be immense. The appetites of seven Spirit Transformation Factions were not so easily filled.
If this scheme could lure Jingcheng out and kill him, that would be one thing. But they also knew that Jingcheng, at this moment, would absolutely not leave the prefecture.
"Indeed, there is another, more likely possibility: that Demon Saint is seeking blood food, using Sixth-Order Spirit Attraction Stones to draw cultivators in. This is also easy to test. If it is Penglai's plan, then those who know of it must be limited to our Ye Family members and a small number of cultivators. Before we make a move, no one else will act, much less perish."
"But if that Demon Saint