Star Luo Imperial Palace, Imperial Study.
Dai Tianfeng wore a dragon robe, his hands clasped behind his back as he paced back and forth through the study, seemingly extremely anxious.
"Qian Cheng has met Lin Yaozu. Our plan went perfectly!"
Zhu Tianlin hurried inside, his face brimming with joy.
"How are things progressing?"
Dai Tianfeng stopped walking and asked anxiously.
"He's dead. The spy I arranged has already sent word back!"
"Qian Cheng killed Lin Yaozu directly, without the slightest hesitation."
Zhu Tianlin stopped halfway through, looking as though he wanted to say something but held back. "It's just that..."
"Just what? Stop stammering!"
Dai Tianfeng hurriedly demanded.
"Qian Cheng said something strange."
"Someone paid for the lives of your entire family, offering six cities. That price moved him greatly."
"Could it be..."
Zhu Tianlin swallowed, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.
"It seems he saw through our intentions."
Dai Tianfeng gritted his teeth and said with a pained expression, "Six cities it is. Send this scourge away as soon as possible!"
"Understood. I'll mobilize the army immediately, break through the Speed Clan first, and escort them all before Qian Cheng."
Zhu Tianlin said resolutely.
"That is inevitable. Pay a little attention to the reactions of the Breaking Clan and the Defense Clan."
"I always feel the Breaking Clan knows something. Their behavior has been very strange."
Dai Tianfeng frowned, his face full of confusion.
Back when the Clear Sky Sect's power had soared to the heavens, the Breaking Clan had actually dared not attend the celebration?
Where had they found such courage?
Yet because they had not gone, they had instead avoided Qian Cheng's blade.
Every sect that had attended the celebration had suffered grievously.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had it worst. Bone Douluo had