"Ha ha ha, it was fate! This was all fate!"
Looking at the empty hall before him, the Firelight Sect Master burst into maniacal laughter.
He did not blame that envoy, nor did he dare to.
He merely felt that this was perhaps retribution for secretly slaughtering Thousand Cloud Sect members and obstructing the Thousand Cloud Sect from earning points.
After all, strictly speaking, many of the martial artists the Thousand Cloud Sect had hired were independent cultivators with no sect or school.
Many of them had only cultivated a little, barely reaching the realm of a martial artist.
They had merely helped the Thousand Cloud Sect hunt star beasts to support their families.
Yet more than half of them had likely died beneath the Firelight Sect's butcher's blade.
Perhaps this was retribution!
"Retribution? Sect Master He, you must be joking. How could this be retribution?"
Just as the Firelight Sect Master laughed madly, a voice suddenly rang out.
"Who?"
Sect Master He's expression changed as he looked toward the source of the voice.
He had been careless. He had actually failed to notice someone approaching. Still, that was understandable—this was the Firelight Sect's council hall, usually guarded by a large number of Firelight Sect disciples.
For an outsider to enter this place was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
When Sect Master He saw the newcomer clearly, his eyes flickered slightly. He was somewhat surprised, and his expression darkened with anger.
"I wondered who it was. I never expected it to be you, you junior, Li Wenfeng!" Sect Master He said coldly.
That was right—the newcomer was Li Wenfeng.
Li Wenfeng had only recently returned to River City. Earlier, Qin Shaofeng had ridden back to River City in his master's carriage, which had infuriated him.
At the same time,