It had already been several days since they arrived in Thunder Sound Territory.
In a great hall in a valley, all the officials of Great Zheng had gathered.
Zhong Shan's eyes were slightly narrowed, his brows faintly furrowed, while his fingers tapped lightly against the Dragon Throne.
Below, Shen Gongbao was describing the various forces in Thunder Sound Territory, along with the latest news. Zhong Shan, however, was not listening. He sat with his eyes closed, lost in thought, and the atmosphere gradually grew heavy.
Shen Gongbao glanced at Zhong Shan and tactfully fell silent. The great hall instantly sank into silence.
Zhong Shan had suddenly become solemn because the lotus pond between his brows had run into trouble again. Just as when he had faced Cheng Hou, aside from the largest Red Phoenix Pink Lotus remaining unharmed, all the other buds had turned blue.
A sign of great calamity?
"Master, what's wrong?" Bao Er asked in confusion.
Taking a deep breath, Zhong Shan slowly opened his eyes.
"Our whereabouts have been exposed!" Zhong Shan said gravely.
"Exposed?" Shen Gongbao's expression darkened slightly. The valley was surrounded by layers of formations, and Purple Yang Jinghong had even concealed the secrets of Heaven.
"How could that be? No one should be able to calculate our whereabouts. Even when I went out with Shen Gongbao, I did my utmost to conceal the secrets of Heaven!" Purple Yang Jinghong said innocently.
"Are you sure no one could calculate it?" Zhong Shan asked solemnly, looking toward Purple Yang Jinghong.
Purple Yang Jinghong's expression became ugly. He shook his head and said, "Unless... unless three Saints deduced it together. In that case, nothing in an entire territory could remain hidden!"
"Three Saints?" Jin Peng and the others' expressions changed.
They had drawn the attention of