That meeting hadn't been a mere formality. It was clear that although Taiyi Academy had organized this operation, the people it had invited weren't limited to the three Golden Clans behind the academy. There were also people from other major Golden Clans, including Jiang Yue from Five Elements Academy, who was something of an exception. Some elite members under the jurisdiction of Titan Academy had even joined them.
Clearly, Taiyi Academy had offered very enticing terms.
Jiang Yue was curious. Aside from those under Taiyi Academy's jurisdiction, what had lured the others here? Had Linghua Grand Scholar sweet-talked them into coming with her silver tongue?
And what terms had she offered them? Had she just painted them a rosy picture, as she had with him? Surely she'd offered them something concrete, too.
Curious as he was, Jiang Yue wasn't foolish enough to ask.
Often, watching with your own eyes was better than asking questions.
"Everyone, the commander-in-chief of this operation will be our Elder Yin Qiao. Linghua Grand Scholar and Grand Scholar Tong Ye will serve as deputy commanders."
"You'll be divided into nine teams. Each team will be assigned a number of people based on the difficulty of its objective."
Even a decapitation plan had its priorities.
"All right. First, let's go over the nine targets of this decapitation plan."
Since there were nine teams, nine targets made sense. The plan was clearly tailored to each one.
Based on Jiang Yue's understanding of the Surface World, these nine targets couldn't cover every major country and regional power, but they came close. The overall strategy wasn't off the mark. It seemed the Underground World had done its homework after all.
But with only a few dozen people here, even if they were assigned to cover all nine targets, each team