Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong's Letter

"Damn it, Dai Weisi is far too arrogant. He actually killed every last one of our people."

"What are we supposed to do now?"

At the Minister of Finance's residence, everyone had gathered together, their faces filled with worry and fear.

They had previously sent people to help Dai Mubai, yet not a single one of those sent out had returned. They had likely all been killed in battle.

Those had been the only remaining portion of their power after they had fallen so low!

Although they still had some subordinates under their command, they were not so helpless that they could be killed as easily as ordinary unarmed people.

But they were not much better off.

"No, we need to escape. Dai Mubai may already be dead. We have no hope left."

The speaker was a man whose emotions had already completely collapsed.

He had once been a teacher at Star Luo Royal Academy. Because he had refused to grant Dai Weisi special privileges, he had offended him.

He had nothing whatsoever to do with Dai Mubai, so naturally there was no need for him to respect him.

He had only joined the Minister of Finance to preserve his own life.

Yet after the man uttered such disrespectful words, the host of this gathering, the Minister of Finance, made no move at all.

He remained seated in the place of honor with his eyes closed, seemingly lost in thought.

His behavior only made everyone even more convinced that Dai Mubai might truly be dead.

"Hmph, the Third Prince will not die."

The woman seated beside the Minister of Finance glared viciously at the man, as though she wished to devour him with her eyes.

As Su Xiong's younger sister, Su Yue was naturally one of Dai Mubai's most steadfast supporters. She could not tolerate anyone speaking ill of the Third Prince.

Yet the man seemed not to have heard her and continued babbling madly.

"No, I'm going to apologize to His Highness the First Prince."

In his emotional breakdown, the man actually said something so absurd.

"Hmph, do you even know what Dai Weisi is like? Do you think he would tolerate you?"

An old man with white hair could no longer stand watching and snorted coldly.

"If Dai Weisi could truly accept us, then what would be wrong with kneeling before him?"

Sighs echoed throughout the room.

Most of the people here had once offended Dai Weisi.

Dai Weisi was so proud—how could he possibly employ people he detested?

Even though these people had later regretted their actions and even begged Dai Weisi for forgiveness, he had coldly rejected them all.

In other words, they were people Dai Weisi had abandoned, people he did not even consider worthy of notice.

"Let's run!"

"As long as we flee to the Heaven Dou Empire, Dai Weisi won't be able to do anything to us."

"Su Yue, stop waiting for your brother. He died long ago. Come with me, and I'll keep you safe."

A blond man looked at Su Yue with a greedy gaze.

Su Yue was quite beautiful, had a great figure, and possessed outstanding talent. If he took her as his wife, the children she bore would surely be exceptional.

"Get lost. If you want to run, then run. When the Third Prince returns, he'll settle the score with you."

Su Yue issued a harsh warning.

No one paid her any attention. One after another, people rose and hurriedly left.

Before long, only a few people remained.

Su Yue walked out of the room. The sunlight shone upon her, but she felt no warmth.

Perhaps she knew everything already and was merely pretending to be strong.

Outside the Imperial City.

A group of people lay in pools of blood. Their clothes had been deliberately chosen to make them appear poor.

Yet upon closer inspection, one would discover that every one of them possessed an extraordinary bearing.

They all seemed to be important figures, either wealthy or noble.

A Soul Saint looked at the corpses and sneered coldly. "Trying to go inform Dai Mubai? I knew you would come."

After mocking them, the Soul Saint respectfully turned to the man behind him.

"General Divine Eagle, once His Highness ascends the throne, he certainly will not forget your achievements!"

"Mm."

General Divine Eagle showed no joy at all, his face remaining stern.

After he left, everyone finally could not help but speak.

"I wonder what's wrong with Lord Divine Eagle. Ever since he returned from that mission, he's seemed very unhappy. It's been several days already."

"Rumor has it..."

"I heard that everyone who carried out the mission that day..."

"What? Something like that actually happened? So many people all died..."

The discussions came to an abrupt halt. Clearly, they had been shocked by the news.

"Silence!"

"You're all His Highness's people. Don't you know what should and shouldn't be said?"

The leading Soul Saint swept his gaze over the crowd in warning.

"Yes, sir." Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to discuss it any further.

The Soul Saint felt impatient.

If the people killed this time hadn't all been important figures, requiring all traces to be erased, why would he have brought along this bunch of weak cannon fodder?

They were going to be killed to silence them later anyway, so he did not care much about exposing anything.

"Hurry up and clean this place up, then withdraw!"

"Yes!"

A moment later.

All the corpses at the scene had vanished, and even the bloodstains were gone.

It was as though nothing had happened.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

As one of the Upper Three Sects, its influence went without saying.

At the same time, they were supporters of the Heaven Dou Empire and did not have a particularly good relationship with the Star Luo Empire.

And today.

A letter had arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, presenting Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master, with a difficult problem.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Ning Fengzhi's expression was grim.

Even the hand holding the letter was trembling.

His daughter had fallen in love with someone.

Ning Fengzhi did not think that was a problem.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always been like this.

If the person his daughter liked was a genius, then naturally there would be no issue.

They could recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and make him a cornerstone protecting the sect's next generation.

But...

The person his daughter liked was actually Dai Mubai!

Who was Dai Mubai? He was a Prince of the Star Luo Empire! Dear daughter, did you not know that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supported the Heaven Dou Empire?

Although he did not truly have much sentiment toward the Heaven Dou Empire, he had to help it.

The Star Luo Empire was already powerful enough. Without their aid, the Heaven Dou Empire would be destroyed in less than half a month before it.

This continent could not suffer another war. It needed balance.

When Ning Rongrong had been in the sect, he had always indulged her and had not made her shoulder too many sect responsibilities.

He had thought she would become more sensible after going out, but she was still like this.

Casually falling in love with someone, casually asking Uncle Jian and Uncle Gu to help Dai Mubai obtain the royal inheritance.

Was that something she could interfere in?

This was utterly ridiculous!