Hu Xinzhu, who had been bickering nonsensically, and the angry Sha Xinyue both straightened their faces at the same time and looked toward Lin Qi.
Lin Qi fell silent for a while, then lowered his voice. "There are many things for which I only have the faintest lead right now. I don't dare say them, and I cannot say them! But have you heard of... the Sovereign Council?" For those final words, Lin Qi used the Eastern common tongue and formed a small barrier with divine power. No one in the tavern could possibly hear him.
Hu Xinzhu and Sha Xinyue looked at Lin Qi blankly. After a long while, Sha Xinyue finally nodded hesitantly. "When I was at the Desert Temple, I seem to have heard about the Sovereign Council from one of the elders of the main branch. From what she meant, she seemed to want me to join, but later I wasn't interested in such things, so she never brought it up again!"
"Good!" Lin Qi nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Hu Xinzhu. "And you?"
Hu Xinzhu spread his hands and stared at Lin Qi in a daze. "What Sovereign Council? Does it have anything to do with me? If you ask me how many brothels there are in Twin Sun Red Dragon City, or how many secret-door private whores there are, I guarantee I'll tell you everything I know, without holding back a word. But this Sovereign Council—I've been in the Blood Qin Empire for so many years and handled countless confidential affairs, yet I've never heard of it."
Fine, this was a good-for-nothing stuffed full of nothing but lecherous thoughts! Lin Qi sighed helplessly, then laid out everything he knew about the Sovereign Council, item by item. After recounting those shocking revelations, Lin Qi