Earth Sect, within the grand hall.
The upper echelons of Kun Province's various clans had already departed, and the sect elders had returned to their respective duties.
Only the Left and Right Sect Masters remained in the vast hall.
The Right Sect Master of the Earth Sect had handsome features, streaks of white in his hair, and a slightly plump build. He looked like a gentle, refined middle-aged cultivator.
The Left Sect Master, meanwhile, was lean and wiry, with an ordinary appearance. Only his deep-set eyes, faintly dark brown, revealed how profoundly calculating he was.
Among the Earth Sect's three Sect Masters, the Grand Sect Master held the greatest authority and controlled the overall situation. Unless something truly significant happened, he generally did not make an appearance.
Below the Grand Sect Master, the Left Sect Master handled affairs in the shadows, his movements secretive.
The Right Sect Master handled matters in the open and toiled away day after day.
Very few incidents required both the Left and Right Sect Masters of the Earth Sect to concern themselves at once.
Few besides the Earth Sect knew that these two Sect Masters had not appeared at the same meeting for nearly ten years.
Mo Hua's appearance was the first unexpected event in those ten years.
Only to interrogate Mo Hua had the Earth Sect's Left and Right Sect Masters made an exception and gathered together in this same Earth Sect hall.
"That brat called Mo Hua didn't tell the truth..." the Right Sect Master said slowly.
The Left Sect Master nodded, his voice hoarse. "Naturally. If you and I were being interrogated, we likewise could not possibly tell the truth. So long as what we said could pass on the surface, that was enough."
The Right Sect Master frowned. "Who knows what