At the sight, everyone's expression tightened. None of them could tell what trick that Old Turtle was trying to pull.
Many Azure Underworld Cloud City Soldiers even trembled uncontrollably, the aura radiating from the Red-Robed Turtle-Shelled Elder was so terrifying.
"Bunch of cowards! Catch the flag!"
The Red-Robed Turtle-Shelled Elder took in their reactions and nodded in satisfaction. With a sweep of his hand, a banner bearing an ink-blue dragon flew out of the Storage Artifact at his waist.
"Turtle Chancellor, what do you mean by this?"
Azure Underworld Cloud City Soldiers stared at the banner that had suddenly appeared before them, their expressions tightening.
They could all roughly guess what he intended, but not one of them dared step forward to take it.
After all, this was merely Commander Cui marrying off his daughter. In truth, it had little to do with Azure Underworld Cloud City, a great Human Race city under the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea.
But if anyone dared reach out and take that banner, it would mean they approved of the Southern Sea Dragon Palace formally establishing a presence in Azure Underworld Cloud City.
Whether their status gave them any right to make such a decision for the city was another matter.
Whoever dared do it would likely be branded a traitor to humanity on the spot.
Cultivators might stop at nothing to advance their realms, but even their principles had not sunk that low!
Seeing that no one moved, the Red-Robed Turtle-Shelled Elder's hideous, gaping mouth suddenly split apart down the middle.
"What? Do you not understand what this banner represents?"
"When the Dragon Flag appears, you enter the Southern Sea Dragon Palace, and the Eighth Prince, newly ascended to the Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Realm, arrives in person!"
"Our Southern Sea Dragon Palace's Eighth