A Storm Is Brewing: Yun Leng Rallies Support as the Misty Cloud Sect Publicly Announces the Three-Year Pact

Just as master and disciple were each lost in their own thoughts, with the atmosphere growing faintly awkward,

a commotion suddenly rose at the entrance to the hall, even making the gentle music falter.

A group of people then strode into the hall with commanding steps.

Every one of them wore the Misty Cloud Sect's signature moon-white robes, with silver cloud patterns embroidered on the cuffs.

At their head was an elder with white hair and beard and a stern face. The authority of a man accustomed to power radiated from him.

It was none other than Yun Leng, the Misty Cloud Sect's Great Elder!

At the sight of him, many of the nobles and family heads who had been chatting in the hall exchanged strange looks and lowered their voices.

Yun Yun's appearance tonight had caused quite a stir, but everyone could more or less understand it.

After all, she was Nalan Yanran's teacher, and her manner had always been calm and detached.

Though the Imperial Family feared her terrifying strength as a Dou Emperor, they harbored little hostility or wariness toward her personally.

But Yun Leng, the Misty Cloud Sect's Great Elder, was another matter entirely!

As one of the sect's longest-serving elders, Yun Leng possessed profound cultivation. His seniority within the sect even surpassed that of its current leader, Yun Yun!

Much of the time, it was this Great Elder who led the Elder Council in handling the Misty Cloud Sect's external affairs and making its hard-line decisions.

He was forceful, deeply calculating, and far more domineering and ruthless in his methods than Yun Yun!

That made him the dangerous figure the Jia Ma Imperial Family and the great families of the Imperial Capital most needed to guard against!

After entering the hall, Yun Leng exchanged the