Things seemed to be getting easier.
If Qi Xiao was willing to speak up, how hard could it be to protect Zhu Biqiong?
A flicker of excitement rose in Jiang Wang's heart, only to be snuffed out at once.
If things were truly that easy, Jiang Wuyou would not have kept completely quiet beforehand.
Just think about it. Why would a Current Era True Lord like Qi Xiao, the garrison commander of Jueming Island, personally go to the End of the World Terrace and challenge the rules of the Sea Sacrifice for a disciple of the Sea Fishing Tower whose cultivation had been crippled?
Jiang Wang had no such pull. Even Jiang Wuyou was nowhere near enough.
There was only one explanation for Jiang Wuyou's silence: she, too, wasn't sure Qi Xiao would come.
They had discussed this before. Jiang Wuyou had originally planned to go to Jueming Island and make arrangements so that officers in the army who were close to her could represent the island at the Sea Sacrifice Ceremony. That way, when the moment came, they could speak on Zhu Biqiong's behalf.
But Qi Xiao, commander of the Summer Corpse Army, had never been part of their plan.
Jiang Wuyou hadn't spotted Jiang Wang among the crowd, and at this moment, there was no way to contact him privately. But she sat at the head of the gathering, alongside the True Lords, calm and composed.
Whatever had happened, it was beyond their expectations. Still, things were moving in a favorable direction.
Jiang Wang quickly pieced it together.
For some reason, Qi Xiao had decided to make the trip to the End of the World Terrace in person. That reason might be the same as Yang Feng's, back in Yang Valley. At this point, perhaps only people at