Pacifying the East Sea?
So the establishment of the Sea-Calming Bureau had been driven by ambition.
Its purpose had actually been this?
Lu Xuan's heart skipped a beat.
The East Sea was vast. The entire coastal region along the eastern side of Mountain-Lifting Prefecture could be called the East Sea, and the Heaven-Gazing Sect occupied only a large portion of it.
There were also many islands in the Southern Realm that lay beyond its jurisdiction.
Yet from what Yue Chenzhou meant, they actually intended to slay demons and seize islands?
This was no ordinary matter.
It implicated far too much.
The Thirty-Six Isles of the Southern Realm were the territory of the Wondrous Embryo Sect.
Lu Xuan had thought this was a discussion over the demonic sect coveting the Primordial Embryo and seeking to stir up a demonic calamity. He had never expected the Immortal Cult's ambitions to be even greater.
But this now had nothing to do with him at all.
He was merely at the Qi Refining Second Layer. He only needed to listen quietly and await orders.
He even felt that... none of them should have been seated within this hall.
Slaying a few Spirit Monsters and refining treasure manuals—those were the things someone at his level ought to be doing!
"As for the Heavenly Embryo, the True Person and I will handle it. What you must do is the same as usual: patrol the sea."
"However, the Wondrous Embryo Sect has always acted with cunning and deceit. If they come to seize the embryo, all manner of wicked arts will surely accompany them as probes. Some arts, the True Person and I will stop. Others, we will not."
"The Sea-Spirit Primordial Embryo has two more 'eruptions' remaining. During those two eruptions, unusual Evil Aberrations will surely