Dongling City.
Amid the swaying candlelight.
"Old Master Shangguan!" a hoarse old woman's voice rang out inside the room.
Four figures had suddenly appeared in the tiny room.
The four figures sat around the square table, each occupying one side.
The figure seated directly opposite the door was none other than the renowned old master of Divine Sword Villa in Dongling County, Shangguan Guyun.
At this moment, Shangguan Guyun sat in the seat of honor, directly facing the door, while a figure occupied each of the other three sides.
"I summoned you all here to ambush and kill Jiang Ning. What do you think?" Shangguan Guyun asked bluntly.
"Ambush and kill Jiang Ning? If we truly do that, there will be no room for reconciliation with the Patrol Office. We'll also become sworn enemies of the government. Old Master Shangguan, you must think this over carefully!" the old woman's voice rang out.
"There's nothing to consider!" Shangguan Guyun said. "If we don't act against Jiang Ning now, we'll completely lose the strength to restrain him! Sooner or later, the forces you represent will become like the Five Swords Sect, reduced to dust in the river of history."
"Old Master Shangguan, aren't you exaggerating?" the old woman's voice rang out once more in the tiny room. "As far as I know, that Patrol Envoy Jiang acted against the Five Swords Sect because Xiao Emei was his beloved. The Five Swords Sect brought about its own destruction simply by provoking him."
"Water Blue Immortal Aunt, if that's truly what you think, the Mitian Sect will sooner or later follow in the Five Swords Sect's footsteps." Shangguan Guyun sat in the seat of honor and spoke to the old woman seated opposite him, her face veiled in black gauze.
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