"Sold?!"
Aaron unhurriedly took another sip of the spirit tea in his cup.
The spirit tea was quite extraordinary. Within its bright yellow infusion, a silver-white flood dragon drifted in and out of sight. It was known as "Little Dragon Cluster," a supreme grade among spirit teas.
As he drank it down in one gulp, that little white dragon abruptly shrank by half.
"Sold to whom? And for how much?"
Aaron went straight to the heart of the matter.
Seeing how composed he was, Li Linghai relaxed considerably. "Reporting to the Supreme Elder... just now, Patriarch Azure Pill suddenly announced that he was joining the Vast Righteous Sect. The entire Azure Cauldron Sect has practically become a subordinate branch of the Vast Righteous Sect, while the Forest Kingdom has merged with the Martial Kingdom, its imperial family stripped of all power..."
A string of earthshaking revelations spilled from Li Linghai's mouth. "Since there was no mutual conquest involved, and since the Holy Heart Scholar is the leader of the Far West Alliance, the other nations and Golden Core sects have remained silent on the matter..."
"What a fine Azure Pill. Ever since he destroyed the Three Mountains Association, he must have been harboring this intention, no?"
Aaron let out a mocking chuckle. "Even if he was selling out his country and sect, only he had the right to sell them. Could the Three Mountains Association have competed with him for the sale?"
"Now that you put it that way, it truly does seem to be the case." Li Linghai answered with a bitter smile. "As for how many benefits that Patriarch received from the Vast Righteous Sect, outsiders will likely never know..."
"To tempt a Core Formation cultivator, it could only be a method to break through his realm, or