"Damn it, we're too late. What do we do now?"
"I don't know either. I never expected the young master to be this impulsive."
"We're finished too. I'm practically half a member of the Su Family. If the young master fails and the fate curse strikes, we'll all be dragged down with him."
"It's over."
In the distant Void, three men in black squatted there, staring ahead with terrified expressions.
Watching Su Tao's actions, they were horrified once they realized what he intended to do.
This was simply too terrifying.
Whether they acted now or not, neither option was right.
Su Tao had already begun. They did not dare intervene—if they interrupted him and caused him to fail, then the blame would fall on them. That was a burden they could not bear.
But if they did not act, they would be disobeying the Prime Minister's orders. They would have a hard time explaining themselves after returning.
"Say, if the young master succeeds, he'll truly be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the rulers of the other three great imperial dynasties. After all, the path he's taking is the same as theirs."
"By then, even if they have designs on the Southern Region, the rulers of those imperial dynasties will have to descend in person."
"The Southern Region is the young master's territory. If those imperial dynasty rulers descend upon the Southern Region, wouldn't they just be asking for trouble?"
The black-clad man squatting in the middle scratched his head and voiced his thoughts.
The moment he said this, a golden gleam flashed through the eyes of the black-clad man on the far left.
"That's right. If the young master succeeds, then the Prime Minister can bring his whole family to seek refuge with the young master. At that