Nalan Fairy shook her head. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Your Highness. If even the Purple Jade Chamber of Commerce doesn't know, there's no way I would. There's only so much I can tell you."
"Then tell me what little you can. Don't worry, I just want to be prepared. If the information you give me were enough to help me deal with Cosmic Shield, Cosmic Shield would've been gone long ago," Lu Yin said.
Nalan Fairy thought for a moment, then said helplessly, "All right. Listen carefully, Your Highness." She paused, then continued seriously, "Tens of thousands of years ago, a large-scale purge took place in the Outer Universe. No one knows who started it or why, but its target was the entire Outer Universe Killer network. The purge wiped out most of the Outer Universe Killer organizations. The largest ones were naturally hit the hardest, but their leaders escaped."
"They were the ones who founded Cosmic Shield. That's how it began. They were clever enough to realize that if they built the killer organizations up too much, they'd attract another purge. So, on the surface, they established a bodyguard company, trained mercenaries, and made a fortune from wars. The killers, meanwhile, operated in secret."
"These people were Cosmic Shield's founders and leaders. No one knows exactly how many there were. All anyone knows is that they took turns going into Ice Seal. Every hundred years, one would awaken and manage the organization for a century before going back into Ice Seal. Then the next would take over. They ran Cosmic Shield in rotation and were its true leaders."
"They were very clever. They didn't turn Cosmic Shield into a closed organization. Instead, they recruited members to its board of directors, making them the next tier of management. Those