Everyone in the hall sensed something. Gu Rui and Gu Feng set down their wine cups at the same time, their gazes falling on their younger brother, Gu Xing, beside them.
With the holy maiden of the Thousand Mechanisms Demon Sect appearing here, everyone privately wondered what her intentions toward Gu Xing might be.
The covert struggle between Azure Sea Lake's three princes and the clashes between their factions had long been an open secret throughout Azure Sea Lake.
News of Southern Shu's Jianmu Assembly only stirred more hidden currents, like gathering rainclouds before a mountain storm.
In the past, Third Prince Gu Xing's position had been unshakable. Now, however, the situation had changed.
Xiao Minghuan spoke again. "I came from Azure Sea Lake's Northern Domain and happened to encounter Marquis Wu Ze along the way. This prince of Azure Sea Lake's Northern Domain once spent his early years cultivating in seclusion and comprehending the Way at the Thousand Mechanisms Demon Sect."
This Marquis Wu Ze was your fourth uncle, Gu Changqing, who had once competed with your father for the position of Water Virtue Dragon Lord.
Apart from Marquis Changze, he was another demon cultivator within Azure Sea Lake who held the rank of marquis and had reached the eighth tier, guarding a stretch of its territory.
Back then, Gu Changqing had enjoyed the wholehearted support of the Pure Water Demonic Dragon Clan, and his influence had once eclipsed your father's.
Yet the Dragon Monarch's fruit had ultimately fallen into your father's hands.
Still, the fact that he had survived your father's methods and retained such lofty power within Azure Sea Lake was proof of his extraordinary abilities.
Your fourth uncle had, however, always been stationed away in Azure Water Lake's waters and seldom had time to return to