When the crowd heard this, they all turned to look in the direction indicated by Lü Qingxuan, the Commandery Governor of Qinghe Commandery Territory.
At this moment, Li Yuanjin, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Li Family; Jin Haohan, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Jin Family; Xu Langya, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Xu Family; and Tianhai Guizang, head of the Fifth-Rank Cultivation Family Tianhai Family—all four heads of high-ranking families fell silent after recognizing that trading hall, then turned to look at Baili Xuanming, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Baili Family, standing beside Lü Qingxuan, the Commandery Governor of Qinghe Commandery Territory.
Seeing this, Lü Qingxuan, the Commandery Governor of Qinghe Commandery Territory, asked, "What is it, Patriarch Xuanming? Does that trading hall belong to your Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Baili Family? Why is it closed on such an important day? Before this, hadn't you heads of high-ranking families repeatedly asked me for more land for trading halls? Now that I have given your high-ranking families the opportunity to develop in Qinghe Commandery City alongside those newly established Ranked Families, is this how you repay me?"
Baili Xuanming, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Baili Family; Li Yuanjin, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Li Family; Jin Haohan, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Jin Family; Xu Langya, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Xu Family; and Tianhai Guizang, head of the Fifth-Rank Cultivation Family Tianhai Family—the five heads of Ranked Families had never gotten along with one another.
Now that they saw Baili Xuanming, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Baili Family, being put in an awkward position before Lü Qingxuan, the Commandery Governor of Qinghe Commandery Territory, the other four heads of high-ranking families naturally took delight in his misfortune.
Tianhai Guizang, head of the