Today, Shuxuan Tower was the heart of Xi Yu Lake—or rather, of the Three Northern Lakes.
Everything that happened within Shuxuan Tower would affect the Xiyu Alliance's course for some time to come.
Thus, this place had always been the focus of attention. The abruptly changed atmosphere within the tower naturally spread beyond it, then passed through water mirrors scattered across every corner of Xi Yu Lake and into the hearts of all the observing cultivators.
Even if they could not see clearly what was happening inside Shuxuan Tower, the cultivators on the lake could still see the nearly identical solemn expressions on the faces of the various people atop the Viewing Cloud Platform.
Under such an atmosphere, everyone's feelings were much the same. It even stirred the tangled thoughts of the masses, with signs of rapidly swelling unrest.
An inexplicable silence also descended over the lake. Gradually, even the low hum of whispered discussions disappeared.
Such a silent scene came suddenly and went quickly. The true "silence" lasted only about a tenth of a breath before the heavy atmosphere began flowing again, as though it had never happened.
Some of the more careless cultivators did not even notice it at all.
Yu Ci drifted once through the undercurrent of emotions outside, then turned back and swept his gaze across the changing expressions of those on this floor with great interest.
It made no sense, did it...
The upper ranks of the Xiyu Alliance—the twelve core sects known as the Four Heavens and Eight Earths, perhaps including the fifteen human-tier sects as well—must already have reached an understanding to stand united against outsiders. As for the internal "distribution," the various sects had surely done their homework over the past few days and formed an agreement.
Correspondingly, the sects that had