The Endless Sea, Profound Origin Ancient City!
The tavern, which should have been bustling and filled with the noisy chatter of drinkers, was unusually quiet that day, making it seem decidedly strange.
The figures that normally crowded its tables had long since quietly vanished.
Though the innkeeper forced a smile onto his face, it barely concealed his unmistakable anger, which he dared not voice.
Outside the inn, crowds surged through the streets and alleys, with not a single commoner among them.
Inside, however, only one party of guests sat at a table beside a second-floor window.
There could be only one reason for such a scene.
Someone, relying on their exalted status, had deliberately cleared the place out.
On the inn's second floor, the Heavenly Treasure Sect Dao Seed and the Heavenly Maiden Sect Dao Seed, who were posing as a couple, along with the Heavenly Luo Sect Dao Seed seated on his own, were clearly somewhat uncomfortable with the situation.
Before they had departed for the Northern Endless Sea, their respective Sect Masters had specifically instructed them to keep a low profile.
Booking out the entire tavern so openly that day clearly violated that principle.
But the three were guests, and out of consideration for their hosts' dignity, they showed none of their discomfort.
Nearly a year had passed since they had traveled to the Northern Endless Sea to seek support from human forces for the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea.
Over that year, they had sent jade slips requesting aid to almost every human force of any appreciable size in the Northern Endless Sea.
Yet most of those jade slips had been like clay oxen sinking into the sea, never receiving any response at all.
Those who did reply found all manner of reasons and excuses to