Not only had Great Xia's experts arrived in Maple Leaf Country; experts from every other country had arrived as well.
While Xu Jingming and the others attended the banquet, America's experts had likewise gathered at another luxury hotel in Toronto.
"Everyone, the temple is our primary objective.
After entering the Secret Realm, one-third of you will gather at the location of Hundred Flowers Valley No. 14.
That one-third will all follow Ryan's command and begin the search.
The rest will proceed as normal and collect Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs."
Inside the vast hotel hall,
a white man dressed in sacred robes, carrying an air of elegance, gave his orders in English.
Kane Glenn, a Ninth-Order Upper-Level magic saint.
He was the Holy See's chief Archpriest, as well as the leader assigned to bring America's Eighth-Order experts into the Yer Secret Realm this time.
"Yes!"
In the hotel hall, all thirty white Eighth-Order Grandmasters nodded at once.
"Ryan, this is the key to open the temple, as well as an instrument for detecting abnormal spatial fluctuations. Keep them safe for now."
Kane flicked his right hand.
An ancient yet exquisitely crafted key and a palm-sized black instrument appeared in his hand.
He then handed the two items to the man standing at the very front of the hall.
The man was around 1.9 meters tall and had a mane of golden hair like a lion's.
He was exceedingly handsome. If one ignored the obvious masculine features on his face,
then with just a little grooming, he would absolutely be a woman capable of toppling cities and kingdoms.
Unfortunately, that was impossible—especially with those resolute eyes of his.
They made him seem like a male lion, radiating immense pride and confidence.
Ryan Hepburn.
An Archpriest of the Holy See, he possessed