This was no empty claim. The eyes and ears spread throughout the land were a network Misty Pavilion had gradually built over hundreds of years. This was no small number of people, nor was it something accomplished overnight. To prevent exposure during their placement and development, every step had been taken with the utmost caution. Quite a few of those eyes and ears had already risen to the upper ranks of various sects.
Once this network was destroyed, it would be difficult for Misty Pavilion to rebuild it to even a preliminary scale without several decades of effort.
Lü Wushuang said, "I contributed to this accumulation. Now they have kicked me out of the game, yet they still want to use my contributions against me. Naturally, I have to smash their rice bowls. So what if it is crippled? It benefits both you and me. On this point, our interests align."
Zhuge Chi, listening from the side, was deeply shaken. This was a fierce counterattack against the Nine Saints—no, the Five Saints now.
He had lain hidden in the Zhao Kingdom Imperial Palace for many years and had personally witnessed the entire cultivation world trembling before the Nine Saints. For all these years, no one had dared rebel. Now, he was truly seeing a group that dared launch an assault against the Nine Saints, and he himself was among them. What a vast and surging spectacle this was.
"Thatched Cottage Estate?" Shao Pingbo, standing beside the lotus pond at the Imperial Academy, abruptly turned and asked.
Shao Sansheng said, "Yes. It is said that the conflict between Luo Qiu and Yuan Se began precisely at Thatched Cottage Estate. Only afterward did the forces on both sides begin fighting fiercely, bringing disaster upon the surrounding area and causing severe losses