"Good. This is getting more and more interesting!"
"Since that is the case, I'll trouble you two young friends to relay a message to the Tower Mistress of Xuan Nu Tower. Tell her that Ling Yue Shang of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect has come to pay a visit on urgent business!"
Ling Yue Shang continued, with a trace of obvious displeasure in her tone.
Displeasure was displeasure, but she would not vent it on two juniors.
With her late Spirit Severing stage cultivation, how could she fail to notice the subtle shifts in the two women's emotions?
Clearly, they were deliberately concealing something.
And there was only one reason for their concealment: someone important enough within Xuan Nu Tower had given prior instructions.
In such circumstances, continuing to question them would only make things difficult for them.
Changing tack, Ling Yue Shang abandoned that line of inquiry and decided to seek answers from the Tower Mistress of Xuan Nu Tower instead.
"Th-this..." The Golden Core female cultivator who had spoken earlier looked troubled.
"What? Does even this put you two young friends in a difficult position?" Ling Yue Shang asked, displeasure in her voice.
"Please forgive us, Senior. The position of Tower Mistress in Xuan Nu Tower has been vacant, and the sect gate is currently sealed. We are not receiving outside guests," the Golden Core female cultivator replied cautiously.
The displeasure of a Spirit Severing stage cultivator, and the invisible fluctuations in her aura, pressed down on the two of them like a mountain collapsing.
"After all these years, Xuan Nu Tower still has not selected a new Tower Mistress?"
"Since the Tower Mistress position is vacant, there should at least be someone else in charge, yes? Go and relay the message. Whether they see me or not,