"A young man, a group of people with unusual origins. They looked strong, yet they still shouldn't have been enough to make the Heartless Society feel threatened."
"Yet that old fox had done exactly that."
"To make the Heartless Society so fearful, aside from our imperial clan, there could only be—"
"Could it be—"
The old man suddenly sprang to his feet and shouted, "Men!"
More than a dozen martial cultivators in tight-fitting uniforms rushed in.
Among them were actually two Sages, while all the rest were uniformly Venerables.
Such a lavish lineup of subordinates was not something an ordinary person could possess.
And this man—
Was the Prime Minister of the dynasty, who had received an order from the Ruthless Emperor several months ago to personally search for the person who had successfully cultivated the first level of the Body Refining Divine Pattern.
"My lord, what are your orders?" one of the Sages asked with a bow.
"Immediately send word back. The Heartless Society has provoked someone and some force they should never have provoked. The dynasty is about to fall into turmoil. Ask His Majesty to make arrangements as soon as possible," the Prime Minister said.
"Yes!"
The dozen-plus martial cultivators in tight-fitting uniforms did not hesitate in the slightest.
Very soon—
The message was transmitted through special channels into the ears of the Ruthless Emperor.
Upon hearing the Prime Minister's report—
All the officials in the Golden Palace Hall were stunned.
Just what sort of existence had the Heartless Society offended, for the ever-steady Prime Minister to be so worried?
Could it be that the Heartless Society had killed some key figure of their imperial clan?
While the many officials continued to speculate—
The Ruthless Emperor's expression abruptly changed. He hurriedly ordered, "Issue an Imperial Decree. All