"Good. Everyone's here."
Jiang Mian spoke calmly, looking toward the white-browed young man on her right.
Lu Yan was still frowning, unable to figure out what Chen Li was up to.
Stepping down and yielding the seat?
This woman's origins were unknown. Though her aura was no different from an ordinary person's, some strange yearning stirred in his instincts.
Strangely, it wasn't a desire to devour or possess her, but a bizarre urge to submit.
If he hadn't been a sixth-tier whose mental state had stabilized,
he might have run straight up to her, dropped to one knee, and declared, "Yan has drifted through half a life, only regretting that he never met..."
Ahem. Getting off track.
But seriously, who was she?
Seeing Chen Li give his seat to a strange woman, Qian Daqiang immediately grew restless.
He glanced at the tightly shut door,
then at the empty seat across from him, where Qian Xiong should have been. A sense of foreboding rose in his heart.
Qian Daqiang's thoughts turned, and he asked:
"Alliance Master Chen, you've handed over the head seat without a word. Don't you think you owe everyone an explanation?"
His words implicated everyone present.
There were twelve fifth-tier Aberrants, himself included, and Lu Yan, a sixth-tier. He didn't believe Chen Li would dare make a reckless move!
With someone breaking the ice, people below began whispering among themselves.
"Who's that woman? Never seen her before."
"No idea. Judging by how respectfully Alliance Master Chen is treating her, maybe she's an expert?"
"An expert's one thing, but what's she doing sitting in the Alliance Master's seat?"
Their voices rose and fell, but no one joined in.
When Qian Xiong was around, you could let him save face. But now there was only Qian Daqiang. Who'd want to