Outside the Great Lei Ting Dao Field.
In the south, within a city, stood a private estate. The estate contained a great many palaces.
Inside the main hall, a woman barely half a man's height hunched over, her face covered in wrinkles and age spots. She looked hideous.
Yet this hunched old woman sat in the main seat of the hall, clutching a cane. A group of men and women stood inside the hall as well.
"Acting Hall Master, something seems to have happened at the Great Lei Ting Dao Field. The sea of merit clouds above it has been shaking nonstop!" a man respectfully reported.
The hunched old woman's face twitched slightly, and a faint light flared in her murky eyes.
"Cheng Hou went to the Northern Continent, leaving the Great Lei Ting Dao Field empty. Could someone have invaded it?" the hunched old woman asked in a low voice.
"That shouldn't be possible, should it? Otherwise, how could there be no disturbance at all?" the man said with a frown.
"Acting Hall Master, Cheng Hou is in the Northern Continent and certainly won't be able to return anytime soon. Why don't we storm the Great Lei Ting Dao Field and seize the Nine Provinces Zhending?" a woman beside them suggested.
"Seize it? We all know that the Nine Provinces Zhending is in the Great Lei Ting Dao Field, but do you know where? We sent so many people inside, yet no one knows its location. Besides, if we force our way into the Great Lei Ting Dao Field, it has its own protective formation. Once activated, it will be difficult to achieve quick results. We would fail to obtain the Nine Provinces Zhending and completely set ourselves against Cheng Hou. That would be extremely foolish!" The hunched old