The Die Was Cast

An urgent order was issued.

And then they waited—seven days passed, yet there was not even a trace of Zhao Gu.

More than twenty days, nearly a month, had passed without any contact from Zhao Gu. This left everyone unable to sit still, and they all began speculating about what had happened.

"Could something have happened to Zhao Gu?" someone guessed. "Otherwise, he wouldn't have failed to reply even once!"

"You're overthinking it, aren't you?"

Another person could not help snapping, "In a backwater like the Nine Realms, what kind of accident could possibly befall Zhao Gu? Even if everyone in the Nine Realms joined forces, they might not be able to do anything to him!"

At those words, everyone nodded in agreement.

Many of them had also made a round through the Nine Realms, and they understood its level of strength quite clearly.

It was no exaggeration to say that even everyone combined could not do anything to Zhao Gu. The two sides simply did not exist on the same level.

"Then could there be some perilous land in the Nine Realms that trapped Zhao Gu and prevented him from getting out?" someone else guessed.

"That's impossible too."

Everyone shook their heads. "Since this place is a breeding ground, its level has already been determined. There likely can't be any great perilous place here that even Zhao Gu would be helpless against."

"Maybe he simply doesn't want to reply?"

Everyone could not help speculating.

That guess won the agreement of quite a few people.

After all, everyone knew that Zhao Gu and Bai Jun did not get along. Zhao Gu even refused to accept Bai Jun, so the possibility that he was deliberately ignoring them seemed much greater.

Of course.

These people, more or less, were also dissatisfied with