Dongling City.
By flickering candlelight.
"Old Manor Lord Shangguan!" A hoarse old woman's voice rang out within the room.
Four figures had appeared in the tiny room.
The four figures sat around a square table, each occupying one side.
The figure seated directly opposite the door was none other than Shangguan Guyun, the renowned old manor lord of Divine Sword Manor in Dongling Commandery.
Shangguan Guyun sat in the seat of honor, facing the door, while a figure sat at each of the other three sides.
"I have summoned you all here because I wish to intercept and kill Jiang Ning. What are your thoughts?" Shangguan Guyun said bluntly, getting straight to the point.
"Intercept and kill Jiang Ning? If we truly do this, there will be no room left for reconciliation with the Inspection Office. We will also be locked in a fight to the death with the authorities. Old Manor Lord Shangguan, you must reconsider this matter!" the old woman's voice sounded.
"There is nothing to reconsider!" Shangguan Guyun said. "If we do not act against Jiang Ning now, we will completely lose the power to restrain him! One day in the future, the forces you belong to will become dust of history, just like the Five Swords Sect."
"Old Manor Lord Shangguan, are you not exaggerating?" The old woman's voice rang through the tiny room again. "As far as this old woman knows, Inspector Jiang acted against the Five Swords Sect because Xiao Emei is his beloved. The Five Swords Sect suffered the calamity of annihilation purely because they touched his sore spot."
"Water-Blue Fairy Aunt, if you truly think so, then Sky-Pervading Sect will sooner or later follow in the Five Swords Sect's footsteps." Seated in the place of honor, Shangguan Guyun spoke to the old