Qian Ye suddenly slammed her wine cup onto the table, her gaze fierce. "He just got lucky. Maybe the Young Clan Leader was simply deceived. Everyone in the Zhu Family is dead, and the mission failed. What gives him the right to earn the Young Clan Leader's favor?"
"But he knows Battle Strategy Theory, and he even submitted a battle technique that's supposedly very powerful," Young Master Ming Tai said hesitantly.
The others fell silent.
Zi Shu suddenly said, "We've always known his mission failed, but do any of you know what the mission actually was?"
Qian Ye and Young Master Ming Tai exchanged puzzled looks.
How could the Ce Family's missions possibly be known to them?
"Though we don't know what the mission was, there probably aren't any major missions in the Outer Universe, right?" Young Master Ming Tai guessed.
Zi Shu's eyes flickered. "That's what you'd expect. Missions in the Outer Universe are far less important than those in our New Universe. But the Zhu Family carried out a mission and earned the right to learn Battle Strategy Theory. That's a privilege that neither you nor I, nor even her, have enjoyed. Why should Zhu San get it? There's only one possibility: his family's mission was more important than ours."
Young Master Ming Tai looked uncertain. "I remember now. A thousand years ago, a disciple from an outside family carried out a mission and gained an inheritance of Battle Strategy Theory. They say that person's mission involved a Star Envoy. It was very important."
"Are there Star Envoys in the Outer Universe?" Qian Ye asked in surprise.
Zi Shu's eyes flickered. "When you think of the Outer Universe, what's the first thing that comes to mind?"
"The Eastern Frontier Alliance," Young Master Ming Tai and Qian Ye answered