Especially since "Solitary Cold True Lord" represented...
the status of an elder of the Sea Suppressing Alliance.
His earlier attitude toward Ji Longzi had merely been to display the character of "Solitary Cold True Lord," who had always been temperamental and unpredictable.
Otherwise, had he agreed without the slightest hesitation...
Ji Longzi would probably have grown suspicious.
That was precisely why there had been that scene of him angrily withdrawing from the Sea Suppressing Alliance.
After all, the Sea Suppressing Alliance identity was an indispensable link in the upcoming "Harvest Plan."
Now, his only hope was...
that Venerable Zongbao's decree would arrive a little later.
Preferably after he had completed the "Harvest Plan"!
Only then
could he advance to attack or retreat to defend.
Just as "Solitary Cold True Lord" was pondering in secret...
a slight unrest was also stirring at the Sea Suppressing Alliance headquarters.
From time to time, a brilliant beam of light could be seen bursting from the formation like a blazing sun breaking through dark clouds, shooting straight into the vault of heaven.
Yet this disturbance was swiftly suppressed.
The next day, news spread that a group of "rebellious" Nascent Soul Cultivators had been suppressed.
For some time afterward, the Sea Suppressing Alliance headquarters was much quieter than before.
Outside...
even cultivators who knew each other well did not linger to chat. After a brief greeting, they hurried away.
Everyone was gripped by anxiety!
Clearly, that recent "rebellion" had frightened the cultivators within the Sea Suppressing Alliance who knew what was going on inside.
What was more, some Sea Suppressing Alliance cultivators quietly left this Immortal City.
And there were quite a few of them.
These cultivators understood perfectly well that, although Sea Suppressing Immortal City appeared not to have changed much on the surface, having