Undercurrents: Two Beauties Vie for Supremacy

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Cold Wind City, Bing Clan Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

Restrictions had been activated all around, and faint ripples played across the barrier of light.

"Fellow Daoists, I invited you here today on Senior White Bone's behalf. A band of Cultivator Bandits has seized this Spirit Stone Mine and killed many cultivators."

At the head of the hall, Bing Yun solemnly cupped her hands toward the seat above her, making it clear that she was acting on Senior White Bone's behalf.

More than fifty Core Formation Cultivators had gathered below.

"Those Cultivator Bandits have some nerve, daring to tug on True Lord White Bone's whiskers."

"Exactly. Guild Master Bing, where did these people come from? They're courting death."

The Core Formation Cultivators wanted to curry favor with a Nascent Soul Cultivator, but not so badly that they would charge in blind.

For all their loud indignation, each was craftier than the last, quietly probing the bandits' background.

Bing Yun missed none of it. As though she had anticipated their concerns, she gave them a calm smile.

"Fellow Daoists, I would never lead you into harm's way. This Spirit Stone Mine was discovered by chance, so we made no public announcement. We had only just prepared to mine it when the Cultivator Bandits appeared—"

At that, many eyes flickered. The Core Formation Cultivators heard what she had left unsaid.

This was True Lord White Bone's private Spirit Stone Mine. It had nothing to do with the Chamber of Commerce.

They also understood why she had kept it quiet: Guild Master Bing had plainly hoped to ingratiate herself with White Bone Superior and keep the benefits to herself.

Realization dawned on them. Who among them had not done the same a few times to win the favor of someone powerful?